San Francisco Giants – Cincinnati Reds

San Francisco won its last two games 5-0 and 3-1 against Cincinnati, which had been coming off three losses. Over the last ten games, the Giants were batting .243 with 11 home runs, compared with .215 and nine home runs for the Reds.

Season records differ depending on the updates consulted: Cincinnati 62-68 then 62-71, San Francisco 52-77 then 54-78.

Cincinnati had won two of the three games in the April series, but San Francisco won the first two games of the August 24-26 series, 5-0 and then 3-1. The immediate advantage therefore belongs to the Giants.

Giants: Willy Adames, Casey Schmitt, Matt Chapman, Marcelo Mayer, Daniel Susac and several pitchers are unavailable; Adrian Houser is listed as day-to-day. Reds: Spencer Steer, Blake Dunn, Mike Toglia, Graham Ashcraft, Brandon Williamson and Hunter Greene are on the injured list.

No suspension cases have been published.

The game is scheduled at Oracle Park. Probable pitchers: Nick Lodolo for Cincinnati, a left-hander, with a 5,04 ERA over 75 innings, and Landen Roupp for San Francisco, a right-hander, with a 4,34 ERA over 134,2 innings.

Lodolo has a 3,00 ERA in three starts against San Francisco, while Roupp has allowed just one run in 12 career innings against Cincinnati. The provided 19 h 46 UTC time differs by one minute from the time indicated by the sources.

Lineups not yet published

The actual odds are very evenly balanced: Giants 1.99 and Reds 2.02, implying an overround of approximately 0,25 % on this pair. The sharp Betfair line is close, at 1.98 for San Francisco and 2.00 for Cincinnati.

The de-vigged market consensus baseline is not provided, so the value assessment relative to this baseline is unavailable information. The sharp odds give the Giants a very slight price advantage, with no significant discrepancy between bookmakers and the sharp line.