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 

We get to see the clash of two teams in the NL Central division clash against one another when the St. Louis Cardinals travel to play the Chicago Cubs. The Cardinals are currently favored to win this game after knocking off the Arizona Diamondbacks in their last game. Meanwhile, the Cubs fall into the underdog category coming into this game following a 5-2 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers. Let’s take a look at each of these teams and predict which of them is an absolute lock to win this game.   Cardinals Starting Montgomery Starting off with the road team, the Cardinals. Jordan Montgomery is the probable pitcher for them to start this game off hot. Montgomery has pitched in 24 games throughout the year and is holding onto a solid 3.29 ERA. Out of those 24 games, he’s picked up a whopping 10 quality starts to his name. For those that don’t know, a quality start is when a pitcher goes for six or more innings and has an ERA of less than three by the time he subs out. It’s been a while since Montgomery has been pulled early also. He’s gone at least five innings in his past three outings. We’ve seen Montgomery pitch against Chicago earlier in the year, going seven innings and allowing just five hits on 26 batters.   Cubs Hope To Bounce Back With Smyly Then flipping over to the Cubs, we will be likely be seeing Drew Smyly. Smyly is making his 17th start of the year but has a negative record of 5-6 to his name. His ERA remains average at 3.67 and he hasn’t pitched in nearly a week. That last game was against the Washington Nationals when he allowed two earned runs and four hits throughout a little over five innings of action. He’s been far worse than Montgomery in the quality starts category as well. Smyly just has three quality starts to his name out of 16 games, whereas Montgomery has 10 in 24 games. To make matters worse for Chicago, Smyly is being put against one of the hottest batting teams in the league. St. Louis is eighth in the league in total hits, fifth in batting average and eighth in total home runs.   Final Pick So, when it comes down to picking a winner for this game, it’s hard to imagine choosing against the Cardinals. St. Louis has been on an absolute tear lately and it’s been apparent in their record. The Cardinals are in first place in their division by five games and have won eight out of their last 10 games. Oh, and I forgot to mention that they’ve won seven straight as well. Couple all of that information with the fact that Montgomery is heading to the mound, and they look like a surefire bet to win. After all, he’s almost pitched as many quality starts as he has non-quality starts. Which is a very hard task to accomplish. Chicago has won eight out of their last 11 games, but I don’t know if I can trust Smyly against a team like the Cardinals. They have been on a tear when it comes to batting and Smyly has been inconsistent as it is. Again, I just feel like the Cardinals are going to keep on cruising here.