The San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers will meet on the field at Dodger Stadium on Monday in a battle of division rivals.
Randy Johnson will be the starting pitcher for the Giants on this day. Lefthander Johnson is 0-1 this season with a 7.20 ERA.
Johnson's opponent in this one will be Chad Billingsley. The Dodgers ace righthander has a 3.00 ERA to go along with a 1-0 record this season.
Oddsmakers currently have the Dodgers listed as 178-moneyline favorites versus the Giants, while the game's total has not yet been posted.
The Giants lost to San Diego 6-1 as a -120 favorite on Sunday. The seven runs scored went OVER the posted over\/under total (6.5).
Tim Lincecum took the loss for San Francisco after allowing four runs on 10 hits in 5 1-3 innings.
The Dodgers defeated Arizona 3-1 as a +140 underdog on Sunday. The four runs scored fell UNDER the posted over\/under total (9).
Randy Wolf pitched seven strong innings, allowing only one run on two hits for the Dodgers, while James Loney was 2-4 with an RBI in the win.
Current streak:
San Francisco has lost 3 straight games.
Los Angeles has won 2 straight games.
Team records:
San Francisco: 2-4 SU
Los Angeles: 4-3 SU
San Francisco most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing LA Dodgers are 4-6
After playing San Diego are 6-4
After a loss are 5-5<\/p>\n
Los Angeles most recently:
When playing on Monday are 5-5
Before playing San Francisco are 6-4
After playing Arizona are 8-2
After a win are 4-6
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Francisco's last 6 games
The total has gone OVER in 4 of San Francisco's last 5 games on the road
San Francisco is 6-2 SU in their last 8 games when playing LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of San Francisco's last 9 games when playing on the road against LA Dodgers
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 8 games
The total has gone OVER in 5 of LA Dodgers's last 7 games at home
LA Dodgers are 12-5 SU in their last 17 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 6 of LA Dodgers's last 9 games when playing at home against San Francisco
Next up:
LA Dodgers home to San Francisco, Wednesday, April 15<\/p>\n