San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs Prediction, 9/5/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Chicago Cubs

Date: Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Location: Wrigley Field in Chicago, IL

TV: Marquee

The Chicago Cubs (74-64) will take on the San Francisco Giants (70-68) at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. The starting pitchers will be Sean Manaea and Kyle Hendricks.

The Giants have hit 219 doubles as a team and have hit 145 balls out of the stadium. San Francisco is slugging .384 and have struck out 1,292 times, while drawing a walk on 451 occasions. As a squad, the San Francisco Giants are scoring 4.3 runs per game, which has them at 22nd in MLB. They have accumulated 563 RBI's as well as 1,092 base knocks on the season, and their batting average is at .237. They have tallied 584 runs scored while having a team on-base percentage of .313.

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They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.36 and their pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.25. Giants pitchers have allowed 150 home runs and also 589 total runs (12th in the league). San Francisco has yielded 1,169 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) and also 537 earned runs. The Giants hold a team earned run average of 3.97 for the season (12th in MLB), and the staff has rung up 1,170 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 348 opposing players and their FIP comes in at 3.95 as a team so far this season.

The Giants have dispatched 421 relievers to the mound on the season. The relievers have inherited 172 runners over the course of the season and 32.0% of them ended up crossing the plate. They have compiled 45 saves over the course of the season and have missed out on 23 out of their 68 save opportunities. The Giants relievers have earned a save percentage of 66.2% and has come into the game in 137 save situations. The relief pitchers have a total of 67 holds this year (21st in baseball). Giants pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 126 times as well as having 142 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Seattle Mariners have earned 3,648 putouts at this point in the season, as well as 1,351 assists and 93 errors. Their fielding percentage is holding at .982 which has them sitting 29th in baseball, and they have turned 123 double plays. The Giants have converted 68.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,944 innings on the field, which has them ranked 25th in pro baseball.

Manaea (63-55 mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.06 while he has faced 4,088 hitters during his time in the major leagues. He has given up 930 base knocks (8.6 hits per 9 innings) with 270 free passes. His earned run average is 4.14 (449 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.230. Manaea has taken the ball for 975 frames and is sitting with 906 K's in his MLB career.

The Cubs have a SLG% of .418 and they are scoring 5.05 runs per contest (5th in baseball). They have 223 doubles, while getting a free base 482 times and racking up 692 runs. Chicago has hit 165 home runs for the year as well as 665 runs batted in. They have struck out on 1,205 occasions (12th in MLB) and have totaled 1,176 hits. The Chicago Cubs hold an OBP of .329 as well as a batting average of .253 on the season.

The Chicago pitching staff have given up 605 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 4.09 (551 earned runs allowed). They have given up 149 long balls and they allow 4.49 runs per 9 innings (17th in baseball). The Cubs have a team WHIP of 1.272 and have a FIP of 4.15 as a squad this season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 8.50 (1,146 strikeouts against 423 bases on balls). They have a ranking of 13th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 1,119.

Chicago bullpen pitchers have an inherited score rate of 28.4% out of 183 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have stepped onto the mound 118 times in high leverage situations in addition to 108 occasions with base runners. Sitting with 117 save situations, the Cubs have 72 holds and also 14 blown saves. They are currently ranked 7th in baseball holding a save rate of 68.2%, and they have sent 423 bullpen pitchers onto the diamond on the season. Chicago has had relief pitchers step onto the mound in 44 save opportunities and they have earned 30 saves.

The Chicago Cubs have turned 117 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in pro baseball). The Cubs have 1,245 assists, 74 errors and have 3,637 putouts so far this season. In their 10,911 innings on the diamond, the Cubs have a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (10th in pro baseball).

So far in his pro baseball career, Hendricks has given up 1,321 base hits while totaling 1,153 strikeouts in 1,423 innings pitched. He has conceded 548 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.149 and having a FIP of 3.8. His strikeout to walk ratio is 3.67 and he has faced 5,831 hitters so far in his MLB career. Hendricks (92-68 career win-loss record) is the owner of a 3.47 ERA and has conceded 8.4 hits per nine innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take Chicago

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