Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 5/29/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Monday, May 29, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Pittsburgh (+130) San Francisco (-150)

Oracle Park is the location where the San Francisco Giants (27-26) will meet the Pittsburgh Pirates (26-25) on Monday. The odds on this game have the Pirates at +130 while the Giants are priced at -150. The over/under is 8. The pitchers taking the mound are Rich Hill and Anthony DeSclafani.

Pittsburgh has a slugging percentage of .403 and have struck out 429 times, while drawing a walk on 185 occasions. They have accounted for 213 RBI's and 411 hits on the campaign, while their team batting average is .244. The Pirates have tallied 96 two-baggers as a squad and have hit 50 baseballs out of the park. They have a total of 223 runs scored and hold an on-base percentage of .322. As a squad, the Pittsburgh Pirates are scoring 4.4 runs per game, which has them sitting at 20th in the league.

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The Pirates have a team earned run average of 3.82 for the season (9th in the league), and their staff has rung up 445 hitters. Pirates pitchers have yielded 47 home runs and 210 runs in total (8th in the league). Their pitching staff has walked 171 opposing batters and their FIP comes in at 3.89 as a unit on the year. Pittsburgh has surrendered 415 base knocks (8.3 per 9 innings) as well as 191 earned runs. Their K/BB ratio is 2.60 and their pitching staff has earned a collective WHIP of 1.30.

The Pirates relievers have earned a save rate of 68.4% and has come into the game in 45 save situations. The relief pitchers have inherited 53 runners so far this season with 20.8% of them ended up scoring. Pirates relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 35 times as well as having 37 appearances in high leverage situations. The Pirates have sent 148 relief pitchers to the hill on the year. The relief pitchers have accumulated 25 holds on the year (22nd in the league). They have earned 13 saves so far this season and have blown 6 of 19 chances to save the game.

The Pirates have turned 68.6% of balls hit into play into outs out of their 4,047 innings, which has them sitting 20th in professional baseball. The Pittsburgh Pirates have 1,349 putouts for the season, in addition to 409 assists and 34 errors. Their fielding rate is holding steady at .981 which is 29th in MLB, and they have twisted 42 double plays.

Hill has pitched in 1,311 frames and is sitting with 1,346 K's in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 3.86 (563 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.235. He has surrendered 1,121 base hits (7.7 hits per 9 innings) and has had 499 free passes. Hill (86-63 career win-loss record) is the owner of a FIP of 3.99 and he has faced 5,506 batters in the majors.

San Francisco has knocked in 72 long balls on the campaign to go along with 230 runs batted in. They have hit 81 two-baggers, while taking a walk 168 times and putting up 233 runs. The San Francisco Giants have accumulated a team on-base percentage of .317 and a batting average of .245 for the season. The Giants hold a team SLG% of .416 and they average 4.48 runs per game (17th in the league). They have been rung up on 515 occasions (2nd in the league) and have accounted for 434 base hits.

The Giants are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.289 and have a FIP of 4.10 as a unit over the course of the season. They have a ranking of 20th in baseball as a staff in total hits conceded with 443. The San Francisco pitching staff have yielded 232 runs over the course of the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.97 (203 earned runs surrendered). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 9.00 (461 strikeouts against 150 walks). They have allowed 60 dingers and they allow 4.54 runs per 9 innings (13th in the league).

San Francisco has called on bullpen pitchers to take the mound in 25 save opportunities and they have converted 19 saves. They rank 2nd in MLB holding a save rate of 76.0%, and they have dispatched 157 bullpen pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill 54 times in high leverage situations and on 51 occasions with runners on. San Francisco relievers hold an inherited score rate of 29.1% of 79 inherited base runners. Sitting with 55 save situations, the Giants have accrued 28 holds in addition to 6 blown saves.

The San Francisco Giants have turned 52 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .980 (30th in baseball). The Giants have recorded 512 assists, 38 errors and have earned 1,382 putouts over the course of the season. In their 4,146 innings on the field, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 67.7% (24th in professional baseball).

DeSclafani (53-52 record in his career) has a 4.07 earned run average while giving up 8.9 hits per nine innings. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.33 and he has faced 3,791 hitters during his career. He has allowed 409 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.254 and a FIP of 4.1. So far in his MLB career, DeSclafani has allowed 893 hits while earning 798 strikeouts in 903 innings pitched.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Pittsburgh (+130)

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