The Diamondbacks are probably out of the playoffs, but they are still showing spunk beating the Giants last night after nearly doing so the night before. Take Arizona with Trevor Cahill at a price vs. Madison Bumgarner Wednesday.
Expect another upset on Wednesday night when Trevor Cahill and the Arizona Diamondbacks (67-70 overall, 34-36 away) take on Madison Bumgarner and the San Francisco Giants (77-59 overall, 38-29 home) in the final game of a three-game series from AT&T Park in San Francisco, CA at 10:15 ET.
The posted money line at Bookmaker Sportsbook has Arizona as a nice-sized underdog for this contest at current odds of +143.
The Diamondbacks recently had a hot stretch that had them within four games of the National League West Division lead, but they have slumped since then and are probably now out of playoff contention. Arizona has slipped to 10½ games behind these first place Giants and it is 7½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the last wild card spot.
Still, the Diamondbacks have shown during this road trip vs. the top two teams in the division that they still have plenty of fight left. First, Arizona split four games with the second place Dodgers in Los Angeles. Then, the Snakes carried a lead into the ninth inning in the opener of this series vs. the division leaders before losing 9-8 and they came back with another offensive outburst last night, only this time winning 8-6 in 11 innings.
Arizona now looks to make it two out of three at a nice price in the series finale vs. a tough southpaw in Bumgarner, but the D-Backs are batting a rousing .328 vs. left-handers over the last five games while averaging 5.09 runs per nine innings against them. They will still probably need a well pitchers game out of Cahill to have a chance here though.
Cahill is a modest 9-11 with a 4.02 ERA and 1.35 WHIP overall, but interestingly, Cahill has been a far superior pitcher on the road. While he is 4-7 with a bloated 5.53 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in the desert with the opposition batting .303 against him, Cahill is 5-4 with a spiffy 2.91 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 14 road starts while yielding just a .217 batting average! He has allowed three runs or less in each of his last five starts away from home.
The Giants lead the Dodgers by 4½ games, so it looks as if San Francisco is on its way to its second division title in three years, and the last time the Giants won the West, they went on to win the 2010 World Series. Bumgarner has been their second best pitcher for most of the season behind Matt Cain, but Madison has hit a bit of a speed bump lately.
Bumgarner suffered just his second home loss of the season vs. the San Diego Padres two starts ago when he allowed four earned runs on seven hits plus four walks in 6.1 innings, and he followed that up with an even tougher outing vs. the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine Friday when he was touched up for five runs on six hits while laboring through 85 pitches in just four innings.
He is still 14-9 with a 3.07 ERA and 1.04 WHIP for the year but Bumgarner has logged 182 innings with a month of the season still remaining, so perhaps he is going through a bit of a “dead arm” stage. Furthermore he has not pitched great in two starts vs. Arizona this year, allowing a total of nine runs (eight earned) on 14 hits plus four walks over just 10 innings.
Look for the Diamondbacks to spring the upset for the second straight night on Wednesday.
The posted money line at Bookmaker Sportsbook has Arizona as a nice-sized underdog for this contest at current odds of +143.
The Diamondbacks recently had a hot stretch that had them within four games of the National League West Division lead, but they have slumped since then and are probably now out of playoff contention. Arizona has slipped to 10½ games behind these first place Giants and it is 7½ games behind the St. Louis Cardinals for the last wild card spot.Still, the Diamondbacks have shown during this road trip vs. the top two teams in the division that they still have plenty of fight left. First, Arizona split four games with the second place Dodgers in Los Angeles. Then, the Snakes carried a lead into the ninth inning in the opener of this series vs. the division leaders before losing 9-8 and they came back with another offensive outburst last night, only this time winning 8-6 in 11 innings.
Arizona now looks to make it two out of three at a nice price in the series finale vs. a tough southpaw in Bumgarner, but the D-Backs are batting a rousing .328 vs. left-handers over the last five games while averaging 5.09 runs per nine innings against them. They will still probably need a well pitchers game out of Cahill to have a chance here though.
Cahill is a modest 9-11 with a 4.02 ERA and 1.35 WHIP overall, but interestingly, Cahill has been a far superior pitcher on the road. While he is 4-7 with a bloated 5.53 ERA and 1.58 WHIP in the desert with the opposition batting .303 against him, Cahill is 5-4 with a spiffy 2.91 ERA and 1.16 WHIP in 14 road starts while yielding just a .217 batting average! He has allowed three runs or less in each of his last five starts away from home.
The Giants lead the Dodgers by 4½ games, so it looks as if San Francisco is on its way to its second division title in three years, and the last time the Giants won the West, they went on to win the 2010 World Series. Bumgarner has been their second best pitcher for most of the season behind Matt Cain, but Madison has hit a bit of a speed bump lately.
Bumgarner suffered just his second home loss of the season vs. the San Diego Padres two starts ago when he allowed four earned runs on seven hits plus four walks in 6.1 innings, and he followed that up with an even tougher outing vs. the Dodgers in Chavez Ravine Friday when he was touched up for five runs on six hits while laboring through 85 pitches in just four innings.
He is still 14-9 with a 3.07 ERA and 1.04 WHIP for the year but Bumgarner has logged 182 innings with a month of the season still remaining, so perhaps he is going through a bit of a “dead arm” stage. Furthermore he has not pitched great in two starts vs. Arizona this year, allowing a total of nine runs (eight earned) on 14 hits plus four walks over just 10 innings.
Look for the Diamondbacks to spring the upset for the second straight night on Wednesday.
MLB Pick: Diamondbacks +143
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