Baseball. MLB. Regular season
San Francisco Giants vs Miami Marlins
Stadium: Oracle Park (San Francisco)
08.04.2022. 23:35 (UTC+3)
One of the best teams in the MLB last season, the San Francisco Giants will start the new league with a home series against the Miami Marlins. Let's pick a few bets on the first game of the confrontation.
Claim Your Welcome Bonus!San Francisco to become a playoff contender again
Gabe Kapler's team had a great 2021 championship. The Giants finished the regular season with a 107-55 balance, beat the Los Angeles Dodgers, but lost to them in a 2-3 divisional round series. In the offseason, the team changed its roster a bit, but it hardly got any weaker. So in the new championship, success for the Californians seems very real.
The starting pitcher for the first game of the season is Logan Webb. The 24-year-old pitcher had a breakout season with a 3.03 ERA and an 8-3 win-loss balance.
Miami to make another attempt at a good season
In the past 10 years, the Marlins have only once managed to finish a championship with a 50+ win percentage, and that came during the pandemic. Miami had a 67-95 win-loss record the previous season. An extremely poor record. The team enters the new season with the old manager – the championship for Don Mattingly will be seventh at the head of the Marlins. The management of the organization has decided not to make any drastic changes yet.
Sandy Alcantara, the team's best player, will pitch in the upcoming game for Miami. The 26-year-old right-hander finished last season with a 3.19 ERA but a very weak win-loss balance of 9-15.
Head-to-head encounters
The 2021 season series ended 4-3 in favor of San Francisco.
At home, the Giants beat the Marlins in 3 games out of 4.
Expert Betting Tips
San Francisco approaches the game as a clear favorite. And, most likely, the Giants will confirm their high class. The home advantage, especially important in the opening game of the season, and the home stats against the Marlins last season encourage you to bet on Gabe Kapler's team.
Prediction: a win for San Francisco in a low-scoring game; the class of Alcantara and Webb's scorers is very high, so it's unlikely there will be many runs here.
Betting options
- W1+TU (9.5) for 2.30;
- H1 (-1) for 1.975;
- H1 (-2.5) for 3.30.
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