San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds Prediction, 8/2/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: San Francisco Giants vs Cincinnati Reds

Date: Friday, August 2, 2024

Location: Great American Ball Park in Cincinnati, OH

TV: NBC Bay Area

The San Francisco Giants (54-56) are headed to Great American Ball Park on Friday where they will attempt to beat the Cincinnati Reds (52-56). The pitchers expected to start will be Kyle Harrison and Andrew Abbott.

San Francisco has a slugging rate of .394 and have been rung up 928 times, while drawing a walk on 366 occasions. They have recorded 458 RBI's as well as 903 hits so far this season, and their average at the plate comes in at .244. The Giants have accumulated 185 doubles as a squad and have knocked 109 balls out of the stadium. They have racked up 480 runs scored while holding a team OBP of .315. As a team, the San Francisco Giants are recording 4.4 runs per game, which ranks them 15th in the league.

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Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.78 and the pitching staff has a team WHIP of 1.33. Giants pitchers have relinquished 109 home runs and also 498 runs in total (21st in MLB). San Francisco has conceded 948 hits (8.8 per 9 innings) as well as 464 earned runs. The Giants have a team ERA of 4.31 so far this season (22nd in the league), and the staff has struck out 943 hitters. Their pitching staff has walked 339 hitters and their FIP is 3.90 as a unit this year.

The Giants have sent 384 relievers to the mound for the year. The relief pitchers have inherited 123 runners for the season with 37.4% of them ended up scoring. They have accumulated 21 saves on the season and have blown 17 of their 38 chances to save the game. The Giants relief pitchers have a save percentage of 55.3% and has entered the game in 109 save situations. The relief pitchers have accumulated 69 holds on the campaign (6th in baseball). Giants relief pitchers have entered the game with opponents on base 85 times as well as having 103 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Seattle Mariners have 2,906 putouts over the course of the season, as well as 1,100 assists and 59 errors. Their fielding rate is holding at .985 which has them ranked 14th in professional baseball, and they have turned 100 double plays. The Giants have transformed 67.5% of balls in play into outs out of 8,718 innings on the field, which ranks them 29th in baseball.

Harrison has taken the hill for 131 innings and has totaled 125 K's during his pro baseball career. Harrison (7-5 career record) sits with a FIP of 3.78 while facing 559 hitters during his time in the majors. His earned run average is 3.84 (56 ER's allowed) and his WHIP is 1.256. He has conceded 121 base knocks (8.3 hits per nine innings) and has had 44 free passes.

Cincinnati has compiled 119 long balls over the course of the season as well as 449 runs batted in. They have put up 181 doubles, while getting a free base 328 times and putting up 477 runs. The Cincinnati Reds have compiled an on-base percentage of .304 and a team batting average of .230 for the season. The Reds hold a team slugging % of .394 and they score 4.42 runs per contest (14th in baseball). They have been called out on strikes on 974 occasions (6th in the league) and are sitting with 812 base knocks.

The Cincinnati pitching staff have surrendered 442 runs on the season while having a team ERA of 3.88 (410 earned runs surrendered). They have relinquished 113 long balls and they relinquish 4.18 runs per 9 innings (9th in baseball). The Reds have a WHIP of 1.254 with a FIP of 4.07 as a pitching staff this season. Their K/BB ratio sits at 8.60 (905 strikeouts against 339 bases on balls). They sit at 11th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits relinquished with 854.

Cincinnati relief pitchers hold an inherited score rate of 28.0% out of their 150 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have come in 104 times in high leverage situations in addition to 94 occasions with runners on. With 98 save situations, the Reds have earned 65 holds and also 8 blown saves. They sit at 2nd in MLB holding a save percentage of 74.2%, and they have sent 351 bullpen pitchers to the hill this year. Cincinnati has had bullpen pitchers step onto the mound in 31 save chances and they have earned 23 saves.

Out of their 8,565 innings on the diamond, the Reds have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (13th in pro baseball). The Cincinnati Reds have gotten 63 double plays and own a fielding percentage of .982 (27th in pro baseball). The Reds have accrued 818 assists, 66 errors and have 2,855 putouts on the campaign.

Thus far in his career, Abbott has given up 203 base hits while he has earned 209 K's in 226 frames. He has surrendered a total of 91 earned runs while earning a WHIP of 1.291 and a FIP of 3.6. His K/BB ratio is 2.35 and he has faced 951 opposing hitters during his MLB career. Abbott (17-13 career record) has a 3.62 ERA while giving up 8.1 hits per 9 innings.

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

Tony Sink's Pick: Take San Francisco

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