Cleveland Guardians vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 9/13/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, September 13, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Cleveland (-105) San Francisco (-115)

The Cleveland Guardians (68-77) are traveling to Oracle Park on Wednesday where they will take on the San Francisco Giants (74-70). The moneyline on this matchup has Cleveland at -105 while San Francisco is priced at -115. The over/under is 8. The expected starting pitchers are Logan Allen and Kyle Harrison.

Cleveland is slugging .379 and have struck out 1,023 times, while drawing a walk on 420 occasions. They have accumulated 546 RBI's and 1,226 hits on the year, while their average at the plate is sitting at .248. The Guardians have tallied 260 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 110 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 583 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .311. As a unit, the Cleveland Guardians are notching 4.0 runs per contest, which puts them at 28th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.51 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.29. Guardians pitchers have allowed 159 home runs in addition to 616 total runs (9th in baseball). Cleveland has allowed 1,205 hits (8.4 per 9 innings) in addition to 570 earned runs. The Guardians are sitting with a team ERA of 3.96 on the year (8th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 1,168 hitters. They have walked 466 players from the other team and their FIP sits at 4.24 as a squad on the season.

Guardians pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on base 127 times as well as having 174 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have notched 89 holds over the course of the season (5th in MLB). The Guardians relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 60.0% and has entered the game in 164 save situations. They have accumulated 42 saves this year and have blown 28 of 70 save chances. The relievers have inherited 177 runners this season and 21.5% of those runners ended up scoring. The Guardians have dispatched 480 relievers to the mound this season.

The Cleveland Guardians have a tally of 3,887 putouts this season, as well as 1,280 assists and 69 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .987 which ranks 8th in MLB, and have earned 109 double plays. The Guardians have transformed 70.1% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 11,661 innings on the diamond, which has them ranked 6th in professional baseball.

Allen has taken the ball for 96 innings and has 68 punch outs thus far in his career. His earned run average is 5.89 (63 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.661. He has surrendered 118 hits (11.0 hits per 9 innings) and has had 42 free passes. Allen (5-10 career mark) has a FIP of 5.62 while he has gone up against 438 opposing hitters in the majors.

San Francisco has accumulated 158 home runs on the campaign to go along with 601 RBIs. They have notched 235 two-baggers, while taking a walk 470 times as well as racking up 623 runs. The San Francisco Giants are sitting with an OBP of .315 as well as a team batting average of .240 this year. The Giants hold a team slugging percentage of .392 and they score 4.33 runs per game (21st in baseball). They have struck out on 1,342 occasions (4th in the league) and have recorded 1,165 hits.

The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.253 and have a FIP of 3.96 as a unit over the course of the season. They sit at 21st in baseball as a staff in total hits allowed with 1,235. The San Francisco pitching staff have surrendered 629 runs for the season while having a team ERA of 4.02 (570 earned runs surrendered). Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 8.60 (1,223 strikeouts vs 365 bases on balls). They have yielded 158 home runs and they concede 4.43 runs per 9 innings (13th in MLB).

With 145 save situations, the Giants have compiled 70 holds in addition to 26 blown saves. San Francisco has had relievers enter the game in 73 save chances and they have converted 47 saves. Their relief pitchers have come in 150 times in high leverage situations in addition to 135 occasions with base runners. San Francisco relievers have an inherited score rate of 32.6% of 184 inherited base runners. They rank 12th in MLB with a save percentage of 64.4%, and they have dispatched 446 bullpen pitchers to the hill this season.

In 11,493 innings played, the Giants have earned a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (26th in baseball). The San Francisco Giants have turned 126 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (29th in baseball). The Giants have recorded 1,430 assists, 99 errors and are sitting with 3,831 putouts during this campaign.

So far in his pro baseball career, Harrison has surrendered 19 hits and he has 26 strikeouts in 20 frames. Harrison (1-1 win-loss mark in his career) has a 4.87 earned run average while giving up 8.4 hits per 9 innings. He has given up 11 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.279 and being the owner of a FIP of 5.7. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.71 and he has faced 86 opposing batters during his career.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take San Francisco (-115) and under 8 runs

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