San Francisco Giants vs. Detroit Tigers
Over/Under: 7.5
Odds: San Francisco Giants -166
Time: Wednesday, August 24th, 1:10 PM ET
The San Francisco Giants and the Detroit Tigers will be lining up against one another here on Wednesday. This game will end the Tigers five game homestand. Let’s dive deeper into this matchup.
Giants Starting Logan Webb
The Giants are planning to send out Logan Webb in this game. He’s picked up two quality starts over the course of the season but it’s not really what you’re looking for out of a guy who’s started at least 17 games with his 11-6 record. He’s got a 3.08 ERA as well. Unfortunately, he has a tough game the last time he was out on the mound for San Francisco. He started against the Arizona Diamondbacks and went a little over four innings while allowing five runs and nine hits. The Giants certainly hope that he going to be capable of bounce back for this game. That game against Arizona could just have been a fluke performance though. After all, it was the first time in 70 career starts that Webb hadn’t recorded a single strikeout.
Manning Hitting The Mound For Detroit
Meanwhile, the Detroit Tigers will be rolling out Matt Manning. Manning has been playing well but the rest of his team hasn’t. He’s going to be making his fifth start for them here against the Giants. The only reason he hasn’t been on the mound more is because he was sidelined for nearly four months due to a shoulder injury. Now that he’s back, he’s helping the Tigers stay competitive. His record is sitting at just 0-1 but he’s got a strong ERA of 2.81. Manning has phenomenal potential, but the Tigers just have to get going. For example, Manning put away 13 out of the last 14 batters he faced during his last game on the mound. Want to know what happened that game? The Tigers got shut out.
Final Picks
This is going to be the second time in two days that we’ve gotten to watch the Giants take on the Tigers. Tuesday watched the Giants win 3-1 against Detroit following a huge hit from Evan Longoria. Detroit watched 13 batters get struck out that night and even had bases loaded in the ninth but couldn’t bring in anything off of it. So, let’s look at which team can win this game and how the over/under will go. First things first, I believe that the under is going to cash out in this one. The Giants and Tigers scored just four runs on Tuesday and now Manning will be coming in to shut down San Francisco. If he can perform like he has recently, then the game will result in some lower scores.
Plus, even though Webb didn’t do well in this last game out, the Tigers are notoriously bad when batting this year. Then, I feel like the Giants are going to win this game. San Francisco has beaten them two out of three times in 2022 and their team is overall better than the Tigers. The only way this goes the other direction is if Manning can play near perfect and hope that his team puts up some runs. Given how the Tigers haven’t scored over five runs in a single game since August 15th, it looks like a stretch to expect a big game there.
Prediction: San Francisco Giants
Pick: Under 7.5 Runs
