On Sunday evening at Oracle Park, Game 4 of their series will see the San Francisco Giants against the Chicago Cubs.
The Chicago Cubs have won seven of their last nine games despite having a 41-59 record this year. Chicago triumphed 4-2 on Friday night in Game 2 of this series. This season, the pitching staff in Chicago had a 4.35 ERA, 1.33 WHIP, and a.249 opponents’ batting average. The Cubs offence has a.245 batting average and a.320 on base percentage, scoring 428 runs overall. For the Cubs this year, Patrick Wisdom is hitting.223 with 19 home runs and 50 RBIs. Adrian Sampson, who has tossed 39.1 innings this year and has a record of 0-1 with a 3.20 ERA and 1.17 WHIP, is anticipated to start for Chicago.
The San Francisco Giants have won two of their past three games and have a season record of 50-51. Games 1 and 3 of this series were won by San Francisco by counts of 4-2 and 5-4. The San Francisco pitching staff’s stats include a.250 opponents’ batting average, a 1.28 WHIP, and a 3.88 ERA. The Giants offence has produced 467 runs this season while hitting at.235 and.318 on-base percentage. For the Giants this year, Wilmer Flores is batting.248 with 15 home runs and 55 RBI. Carlos Rodon, who has tossed 116 innings this year and has an overall record of 8-6, 3.18 ERA, and 1.12 WHIP, is anticipated to start for San Francisco.
Chicago has won 7 of its previous 9 games and is 8-24 in its last 31 encounters with the NL West. In Chicago’s last 6 games, the under is 5-1. San Francisco has won 5 of its past 6 home games and lost 8 of its previous 10. In San Francisco’s previous 5 Sunday games, the over is 5-0. In the last six head-to-head contests between these two teams, Chicago is 1-5.
Chicago’s Saturday night comeback attempt was narrowly unsuccessful as they lost 5-4 despite scoring three runs in the ninth inning. With Adrian Sampson on the mound, who has given up seven runs in his last 17.2 innings of work, Chicago will attempt to recover. Carlos Rodon has tossed 11 innings for the Giants and given up 10 runs during that span.
Free Pick : Chicago Cubs
