<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/dodgers-news-cody-bellinger-joined-legendary-company-with-clutch-hit-vs-giants-in-game-5.jpg"></figure><h1>Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger joined legendary company with clutch hit vs. Giants in Game 5</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-15T12:55:15-07:00">October 15th, 12:55pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-16T00:05:08-07:00">October 16th, 12:05am</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Cody Bellinger had a regular season to forget in 2021. From the .165 batting average to the multiple stints on the injured list, he had a difficult time in finding his place in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ star-studded lineup. But with one hit, he made many simply forget about his struggles over the year.</p><p>Bellinger was once again a playoff hero for the Dodgers, as his RBI single in the 9 inning against the San Francisco Giants in Game 5 of the NLDS helped Los Angeles clinch a spot in the NLCS. Even though he hit .175 against sliders in the regular season, he managed to connect on one such pitch during his duel with Giants reliever Camilo Doval.</p><p>As Bellinger <a href="https://www.ocregister.com/2021/10/14/cody-bellinger-delivers-dodgers-big-hit-to-beat-giants-in-nlds-game-5/" rel="noopener">noted</a> after the series-clinching win, he had one simplistic approach in his at-bat against Doval.</p><blockquote>“Stay simple,” Bellinger said. “He’s got a really good fastball, a really good slider. I saw that one well out of the hand and tried to put a good swing on it, put it in play.”</blockquote><p>This is not the first time that Bellinger has delivered for the Dodgers in a crucial situation of a postseason game. <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1448871544206286862?s=20" rel="noopener">As noted by ESPN Stats and Info</a>, he joined David Ortiz, Pete Rose, Carlos Correa and J.D. Drew in the all-time lead for the most career go-ahead hits in the 9th inning or later of a postseason game with three.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Cody Bellinger's RBI single was his 3rd career go-ahead hit in the 9th inning or later of a postseason game.</p><p>That ties Carlos Correa, David Ortiz, J.D. Drew and Pete Rose for most in MLB history. <a href="https://t.co/EwHhcNGgvm" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/EwHhcNGgvm</a></p><p>— ESPN Stats &amp; Info (@ESPNStatsInfo) <a href="https://twitter.com/ESPNStatsInfo/status/1448871544206286862?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The former NL MVP winner previously delivered with his notable walk-off RBI single in the Dodgers’ Game 4 win against the Milwaukee Brewers in the 2018 NLCS and the key game-winning RBI double in Los Angeles’ Game 4 win over the Houston Astros in the 2018 World Series.</p><p>As has been noted, Bellinger is well known for being a player that has a knack to shine on the biggest stages in MLB. One can not forget his solo home run in the 7 inning of the Dodgers’ 2020 NLCS Game 7 showdown against the Atlanta Braves that wound up sending Los Angeles to a third World Series appearance in four years.</p><p>The Dodgers will <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers" rel="noopener">now</a> turn their attention to an NLCS rematch with Atlanta, with Game 1 set for Saturday.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger joined legendary company with clutch hit vs. Giants in Game 5

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image_2021-10-15_210515.png"></figure><h1>Dodgers-Giants botched check swing call draws explanation from umpire</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-15T06:06:40-07:00">October 15th, 6:06am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-15T06:06:40-07:00">October 15th, 6:06am</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants NLDS had a rather unceremonious conclusion.</p><p>While the Dodgers seemed to have the game in hand, as San Francisco’s Wilmer Flores was down to his last strike against Max Scherzer in the bottom of the ninth, it was an umpire’s check swing call that ultimately ended the game, and in effect the season for the Giants.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That's the call that ends the great battle between the Dodgers and Giants this season? That's BAD <a href="https://t.co/NVw8bhiFIR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NVw8bhiFIR</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1448870732818264064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>First-base umpire Gabe Morales spoke out to a pool reporter after the game, explaining the call that led to the Dodgers’ rabid celebration.</p><p><a href="https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/32404071/disputed-check-swing-call-wilmer-flores-disappointing-way-end-san-francisco-giants-season-gabe-kapler-says">Via</a> ESPN:</p><blockquote>“Check-swings are one of the hardest calls we have,” said Morales on the call that pushed the Dodgers to the NLCS. “I don’t have the benefit of multiple camera angles when I’m watching it live. When it happened live I thought he went, so that’s why I called it a swing.”</blockquote><p>When asked whether he still thought it was a swing after seeing the replay, it was crew chief Ted Barrett who answered in his stead. His stance</p><blockquote>“Yeah, no, we, yeah, yeah, he doesn’t want to say,” said Barrett.</blockquote><p>There’s no replay review for check swings, nor <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-san-francisco-has-given-cody-bellinger-a-historically-traumatizing-2021-season/">can they anything change the outcome</a> of Dodgers-Giants Game 5 at this point. While a strong majority see the call as erroneous, Barrett probably wanted to minimize the blowback instead of having Morales admit that he erred, had he believed as such.</p><p>It’s a tough way to go for the Giants, whose magical 107-win season came to a halt in such an anti-climactic fashion. Now their division-rival Dodgers move on as they pursue the first back-to-back World Series wins in over two decades.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers-Giants botched check swing call draws explanation from umpire

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/giants-news-gabe-kapler-keeps-it-real-on-blown-check-swing-call-that-ended-san-franciscos-season_copy.jpg"></figure><h1>Gabe Kapler keeps it real on blown check-swing call that ended Giants’ season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-15T05:56:19-07:00">October 15th, 5:56am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-15T05:57:14-07:00">October 15th, 5:57am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt has been an editor at ClutchPoints since 2018. He also covers the Bulls for Forbes and SB Nation's Blog a Bull. In addition, he co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network. If you couldn't tell, he's from Chicago.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants won 107 games in the regular season to barely beat out the Los Angeles Dodgers for the NL West title. Along the way, the Giants got helped by a blown check-swing call in a game against the Dodgers. So, it was truly ironic that San Francisco’s dream season ended on a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-cody-bellinger-reacts-to-controversial-final-call-of-dodgers-giants-game-5/" rel="noopener">totally botched check-swing call</a> against Los Angeles.</p><p>With two outs and one on in the bottom of the ninth inning in Thursday’s Game 5 of the NLDS, first-base umpire Gabe Morales rung up Wilmer Flores against Max Scherzer on a check-swing call. It gave the Dodgers a 2-1 victory and a spot in the NLCS against the Atlanta Braves.</p><p>Only, Flores clearly didn’t swing:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Nah man, no swing <a href="https://t.co/AKIDXE6Bdk" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/AKIDXE6Bdk</a></p><p>— Internet #BlackLivesMatter (@cjzero) <a href="https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1448870629671796740?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Giants and their fans were left stunned by the result. Even though Flores still would have been down 1-2 in the count with a correct call, you never know what could have happened if he wasn’t called out.</p><p>After the debacle, Giants manager Gabe Kapler could only speak in disappointment about the way the season ended, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-los-angeles-san-francisco-los-angeles-dodgers-0aa99b39ba72061e6cd25121c8e0aff0" rel="noopener">via Michael Wagaman of The Associated Press:</a></p><blockquote>“It looked like he didn’t go. I mean, that was my take on it,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said.“I just think it’s just a disappointing way to end,” he said.Kapler added: “It’s heightened on the last play of the game … in this case a check-swing.”“That’s going to be the thing that is talked about quite a bit and I understand why,” he said. “I just don’t know how much sense it makes to, for us, on our side, to pick that apart. I don’t know how much, how helpful it’s going to be.”</blockquote><p>It was an absolutely brutal way for a dominant team to go out. After going up 2-1 in the series, the Giants faded at the plate, scoring just three runs total over the last three games. Losing in the playoffs always leaves a team with a bitter taste in its mouth, but this one is going to sting even more than usual for a long time.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Gabe Kapler keeps it real on blown check-swing call that ended Giants’ season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image_2021-10-15_133258.png"></figure><h1>Cody Bellinger reacts to controversial final call of Dodgers-Giants Game 5</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T22:33:48-07:00">October 14th, 10:33pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T22:33:48-07:00">October 14th, 10:33pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The playoff series between the Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants certainly lived up to the billing. But the final pitch thrown to end the series didn’t leave many satisfied, especially fans in from the Bay Area.</p><p>Check out the <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1448870732818264064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1448870732818264064%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost-new.php">controversial call</a> from the first base umpire that sealed the victory for the Dodgers:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">That's the call that ends the great battle between the Dodgers and Giants this season? That's BAD <a href="https://t.co/NVw8bhiFIR" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/NVw8bhiFIR</a></p><p>— Jomboy Media (@JomboyMedia) <a href="https://twitter.com/JomboyMedia/status/1448870732818264064?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Upon further inspection on the replay, it indeed looked like the Dodgers got a favorable call with Flores successfully being able to hold his bat from crossing the plane.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">You cannot end the Giants’ 107-win season on a check swing that wasn’t a swing. Holy fucking shit. <a href="https://t.co/SmkkOgEp0H" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/SmkkOgEp0H</a></p><p>— Jared Carrabis (@Jared_Carrabis) <a href="https://twitter.com/Jared_Carrabis/status/1448871042760466435?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>But Dodgers hero Cody Bellinger drops some sobering truth on the Giants fans with his take on the called swing.</p><blockquote>“I was in center,” Bellinger said. “I didn’t see anything so I’m sure I’ll watch on the video, but the umpire said it was a swing, so it’s a swing.”</blockquote><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Bellinger on the Flores check swing: “I was in center, I didn’t see anything so I’m sure I’ll watch on the video, but the umpire said it was a swing, so it’s a swing.”</p><p>— Jessica Kleinschmidt (@KleinschmidtJD) <a href="https://twitter.com/KleinschmidtJD/status/1448871827162361864?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>While the war wages on the check swing on Twitter, more than likely the outcome <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-max-scherzer-shuts-door-on-giants-to-propel-la-to-nlcs/">would have remained the same.</a> Flores was still facing arguably the best pitcher in baseball with a 1-2 count and the weight of the entire city of San Francisco on his shoulders. The Dodgers were sitting pretty whether they overturned that call or not.</p><p>But even if that’s all true, having an umpire decide to end your season, with what looks like an erroneous call, certainly hurts after a historic 107-win season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Cody Bellinger reacts to controversial final call of Dodgers-Giants Game 5

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/LeBron-James-reacts-to-Dodgers_-emotional-win-over-Giants.jpg"></figure><h1>Lakers star LeBron James reacts to Dodgers’ emotional win over Giants</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T22:12:00-07:00">October 14th, 10:12pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T22:12:00-07:00">October 14th, 10:12pm</time><address><a>Gerard Samillano</a></address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers are through to the National League Championship Series! The Dodgers were able to escape the San Francisco Giants 2-1 in Game 5 of their Division Series, thanks in large part to <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-max-scherzer-shuts-door-on-giants-to-propel-la-to-nlcs/">Max Scherzer’s heroics in the final inning</a>. Shortly after the game, LeBron James, the star of the Los Angeles Lakers, took to <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1448870334984192003">Twitter</a> to post his immediate reaction.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Moving on! Congrats <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">@Dodgers</a>!! Keep going.</p><p>— LeBron James (@KingJames) <a href="https://twitter.com/KingJames/status/1448870334984192003?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>LeBron wasted no time congratulating his fellow LA athletes, even though his Lakers just came off a preseason game against the Sacramento Kings. Twitter users were quick to notice him and even chided the Laker star a little bit.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Lil Bro take a shower at least before tweeting💀</p><p>— Dri🌟 (@DripOnDri) <a href="https://twitter.com/DripOnDri/status/1448870526957637634?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Dodgers, who are the Lakers’ neighbors in Los Angeles, have had to fight tooth and nail in the postseason in order to defend their title. They went down 1-2 in the series before rallying back in Game 4 to force a winner-takes-all Game 5. Game 5 was also another brutal fight to the death, as neither team gave up a run until the top of the sixth inning, when Corey Seager’s hit allowed Mookie Betts to draw first blood.</p><p>It was immediately brought back to an even game, though, as Darin Ruf hit a home run in the bottom of the sixth. The game continued to be a close one, until the top of the ninth. There, Cody Bellinger, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/lakers-news-cody-bellinger-speaks-out-on-being-a-lebron-james-fanboy/">a hardcore fan of the Lakers’ LeBron James</a>, would come in clutch with a base hit that gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead. From there, Scherzer sealed the deal, holding the Giants’ hitters at bay to come out with the win.</p><p>It’s a great day for Los Angeles fans today. Hopefully, the Dodgers’ winning ways will rub off on the Lakers, who have been struggling in the pre-season despite their new acquisitions.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Lakers star LeBron James reacts to Dodgers’ emotional win over Giants

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/image_2021-10-15_125803.png"></figure><h1>Max Scherzer shuts door on Giants to propel Dodgers to NLCS</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T21:43:36-07:00">October 14th, 9:43pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T21:59:44-07:00">October 14th, 9:59pm</time><address><a href="https://medium.com/@rpsalao">R.P. Salao</a>Check out my best stuff on Medium - medium.com/@rpsalao.I also post quality NBA YouTube content - tinyurl.com/SalaoYouTube.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers continue their march towards a repeat. After the go-ahead run in the top of the ninth inning, they didn’t take any chances by inserting Cy Young favorite Max Scherzer to close the contest.</p><p>Safe to say Scherzer didn’t disappoint as he sealed the victory for the Dodgers:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Dodgers advance to the NLCS!! <a href="https://t.co/8vwTfzwM8C" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/8vwTfzwM8C</a></p><p>— ✯✯✯✯✯ (@FTBVids_YT) <a href="https://twitter.com/FTBVids_YT/status/1448870297730379777?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The fact that <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-dodgers-giants-in-shock-after-super-strange-winds-knock-down-gavin-lux-potential-game-tying-homer/">such a gargantuan divisional series</a> ended with a failed check swing from Wilmer Flores somehow feels fitting, given how close Giants-Dodgers battle was through five games. The margin for error was razor-thin, and almost played out quite literally with the game’s final call.</p><p>Max Scherzer was clearly pumped up after getting the save. Check out the epic scene as he gets mobbed by his Dodgers teammates celebrating in the infield diamond.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">possessed max scherzer <a href="https://t.co/M04DYqkxJp" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/M04DYqkxJp</a></p><p>— Joon 이준엽 (@joonlee) <a href="https://twitter.com/joonlee/status/1448872266020839456?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>LA wouldn’t have gotten to that point without the heroics of Cody Bellinger, who put the Dodgers ahead during the top of the ninth with a <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1448865732456898562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1448865732456898562%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fclutchpoints.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1527011action%3Dedit">booming base hit to right field.</a> After an extremely down season for the former National league MVP, Belly was able to come up massive for his squad when they needed him most.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">CODY BELLINGER. <a href="https://t.co/quEWBFR5hc" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/quEWBFR5hc</a></p><p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1448865732456898562?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 15, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The Dodgers are set to face a familiar foe in the Atlanta Braves, who they dispatched last year en route to their World Series win.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Max Scherzer shuts door on Giants to propel Dodgers to NLCS

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dodgers-Corey-Knebel-Giants-Dodgers-Giants-NLDS-Game-5.jpeg"></figure><h1>Corey Knebel to start Game 5 vs. Giants in bold move from Dodgers</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T11:19:10-07:00">October 14th, 11:19am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T11:19:10-07:00">October 14th, 11:19am</time><address><a>Mitchell Widmeier</a>Mitch is a play-by-play broadcaster and writer in Minneapolis who enjoys every aspect of sports, whether it's announcing, writing, or watching. He started his career as Sports Director of a two-cluster station in Minnesota where he had his own sports talk show. He has since branched out into all aspects of sports media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It was all set to be Logan Webb against Julio Urias as the San Francisco Giants squared off against the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> in a Game 5, winner-take-all NLDS contest.</p><p>Instead, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts pulled the rug out from underneath and dropped a bombshell on Thursday.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Corey Knebel will start Game 5 tonight.</p><p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1448710310903255040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 14, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>While this could mean many different things, the most likely outcome is that Corey Knebel will work as the opener and Urias will get the bulk of the innings for the Dodgers.</p><p>However, with Urias getting a full rest between starts and coming off a 5-inning performance against the Giants earlier in the series where he only yielded one run, does this spot really warrant an opener?</p><p>Perhaps the thought is that the Giants will stack righties at the top of their lineup and Roberts is trying to offset that. If that’s the case, let the chess match begin.</p><p>Urias has been brilliant all season for the Dodgers and is a legitimate Cy Young candidate. The lefty finished the season with a league high 20 wins opposed to just three losses. <a href="https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/u/uriasju01.shtml">He pitched to a 2.96 ERA in 185.2 innings of work for LA</a>.</p><p>It makes the decision all the more puzzling as to why Urias wouldn’t just start the game in general and let Roberts save Knebel for the backend of the game. He’s not working on short rest, pitched well against the Giants the first time around and has been magnificent all year. Either way, the Dodgers are the first to shake things up in this Game 5, winner-take-all matchup that should be a classic.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Corey Knebel to start Game 5 vs. Giants in bold move from Dodgers

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dodgers-Giants-prediction-Dodgers-Giants-pick-Dodgers-Giants-Odds-MLB-Odds-Dodgers-Giants-2.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 5 prediction, odds, pick, and more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T07:22:29-07:00">October 14th, 7:22am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T07:22:29-07:00">October 14th, 7:22am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It all boils down to a Game 5 between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants in the National League Division Series round. Two bitter rivals, each netting over 100 wins in the regular season, will have their fate determined by what they do in this winner-take-all showdown at Oracle Park. Dodgers or Giants? Giants or Dodgers? Which team will move on and join the Atlanta Braves in the National League Championship Series? All these questions will get answered Friday night. With that said, it’s now time to read our Dodgers-Giants prediction and preview for Game 5.</p><p>Here’s how the <a href="https://mybookie.ag/sportsbook/baseball/">bookmakers</a> have set the lines for this Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 5 matchup.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: </b><b>Dodgers-Giants</b><b> Odds</b></h2><p><i>*Watch </i><i>MLB </i><i>games LIVE with </i><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408"><i>fuboTV (click for free trial)</i></a><i>*</i></p><p>Los Angeles Dodgers +1.5 (-260)</p><p>San Francisco Giants -1.5 (+210)</p><p>Over 7.0 runs (+105)</p><p>Under 7.0 runs (-125)</p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Dodgers </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>The Dodgers will have a big gun on the mound for this all-important matchup, as they’ll be starting Julio Urias in Game 5 of the NLDS. Urias was the man who tamed the Giants’ offense in the Dodgers’ 9-2 win in Game 2. The 25-year-olds southpaw pitched for five innings in that game and surrendered just a run on only three hits while striking out five. </p><p>With that performance, he was able to extend the Dodgers’ unbeaten streak in games he’s started to 12 games, dating back to early August. Back in the regular season, Urias went 2-1 in three starts against the Giants, with that lone loss coming at Dodger Stadium. However, he went 2-0 with four earned allowed and 23 Ks in 17.1 total innings in two starts at Oracle Park in the regular season. Of course, that doesn’t take into account his Game 2 W. The Dodgers’ offense is being carried by the pair of Will Smith and Mookie Betts, who enter Game 5 with a 1.206 OPS and .864 OPS so far this postseason, respectively. </p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Giants </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>The Giants will counter Urias with Logan Webb, who will look to reprise his role in San Francisco’s 4-0 win in Game 1. Webb had a decent regular season in which he posted an 11-3 record and a 3.03 ERA to go with a 2.73 FIP and 2.80 xFIP, and he continued this success into Game 1 of this NLDS matchup. Webb dominated the Dodgers in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/dodgers-news-dave-roberts-reveals-max-scherzer-availability-for-game-5-vs-giants/">series</a> opener, blanking them for 7.2 innings and striking out 10 while not even issuing a single walk in a 4-0 win. </p><p>It might be a tough ask for Webb to shut out the Dodgers again, but he might also benefit still from the ongoing slump of Trea Turner and Justin Turner. Trea is hitting just .227 while Justin is way worse with a .095 batting average since the start of the postseason. Meanwhile, Buster Posey and Austin Slater could pave the way for the Giants to solve Urias. Posey has a career .<a href="https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/daily_matchups">519 wOBA</a> in 20 at-bats, while Slater owns a career 0.453 wOBA against the Dodgers’ lefty in 19 at-bats.</p><h2><b>Final </b><b>Dodgers-Giants</b><b> Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>Game 5 could be a heart-pounding game that will be close from start to finish. For this Dodgers-Giants prediction, the safest bet would be the Dodgers’ run line. </p><p><b>FINAL PICK</b>: Los Angeles Dodgers +1.5 (-260)</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB odds: Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 5 prediction, odds, pick, and more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dodgers-Giants-Max-Scherzer-Dodgers-Giants-NLDS-Game-5.jpeg"></figure><h1>Dave Roberts reveals Max Scherzer’s availability for Dodgers in Game 5 vs. Giants</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-14T06:16:34-07:00">October 14th, 6:16am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-14T06:16:34-07:00">October 14th, 6:16am</time><address><a>Mitchell Widmeier</a>Mitch is a play-by-play broadcaster and writer in Minneapolis who enjoys every aspect of sports, whether it's announcing, writing, or watching. He started his career as Sports Director of a two-cluster station in Minnesota where he had his own sports talk show. He has since branched out into all aspects of sports media.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s somewhat of a shame that the two teams with the best records in baseball are meeting in the NLDS portion of the MLB Playoffs. On the flip side, it’s incredible that the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> – San Francisco Giants series will be decided on Thursday in a one game, winner-take-all Game 5.</p><p>The Dodgers will send out Julio Urias who has been brilliant all season long. The Giants will counter with Logan Webb, who went 7.2 shutout innings in Game 1 against LA.</p><p>With the “all hands on deck” approach needed for both team, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts answered whether or not Max Scherzer will be available in relief, <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-10-13/max-scherzer-dodgers-game-5-nlds-dave-roberts-giants">per the Los Angeles Times</a>.</p><blockquote>“It’s highly unlikely,” Roberts said. “The goal is still to win the World Series and have Max starting Game 1 in the NLCS, if we get there, increase that chance, but obviously I’m not immune to the fact that you don’t get there unless you win Game 5.”</blockquote><p>It’s an interesting strategy to try an play for the now and also look ahead. It’s Game 5 and whoever loses won’t have an NLCS to worry about. Roberts somewhat backpedaled on the initial thought of saying it’s highly unlikely they would use Scherzer.</p><blockquote>“How he feels matters because he’s still got to be effective,” Roberts said. “So, we’ll have a conversation with him, I’m sure, today, and kind of gauge it. But in no way are we going to press him and put him in a position that we don’t feel comfortable across the board.”</blockquote><p>Scherzer last pitched in a relief outing in the postseason in 2019 for the Washington Nationals who ironically, were facing the Dodgers.</p><p> </p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dave Roberts reveals Max Scherzer’s availability for Dodgers in Game 5 vs. Giants

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Aspiring Shane Falco. NYC native, LA resident, USC grad. Tennis Fan.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>With their season on the line, the defending World Series champion <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/los-angeles-dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a> will hand the ball to Walker Buehler for Tuesday’s <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-giants-vs-dodgers-nlds-game-4-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/">Game 4</a> vs. the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants">San Francisco Giants</a>.</p><p>The Dodgers made the announcement on Tuesday morning.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Walker Buehler will start Game 4 tonight.</p><p>— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) <a href="https://twitter.com/Dodgers/status/1447995468794015759?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 12, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>The 106-win Dodgers fell behind in the National League Division Series, 2-1, after a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-news-dodgers-giants-in-shock-after-super-strange-winds-knock-down-gavin-lux-potential-game-tying-homer/">frustrating 1-0 loss</a> to the 107-win Giants on Monday night at Dodger Stadium.</p><p>Los Angeles skipper Dave Roberts could have opted for a bullpen game — likely beginning with Tony Gonsolin. Instead, facing elimination, he’s giving the starting nod to one of the game’s best pitchers in Buehler.</p><p>Buehler has never pitched on short rest in his MLB career — not in the playoffs nor the regular season. Buehler threw 99 pitches and surrendered three runs over 6.1 innings in the Dodgers’ 4-0 Game 1 loss four days ago on Oct. 8.</p><p>Following the Game 3 loss, Roberts would not name his Game 4 starter, though Albert Pujols seemed to be in the know on Buehler.</p><blockquote>“I think as the offensive side our job is to score some [runs] for him and hopefully take the pressure a little bit off him,” Pujols <a href="https://www.latimes.com/sports/dodgers/story/2021-10-12/column-dodgers-hernandez-off-game-3">said</a> about Buehler in his postgame remarks. “But I think he’s going to do what he does all year long. He’s going to throw the ball pretty well. I know he’s coming on a short rest, but I think he’s going to be pretty excited.”</blockquote><p>The Dodgers bullpen is fully rested, so the team doesn’t need a deep start from Buehler.</p><p>The 27-year old went 16-4 with a 2.47 ERA in the 2021 regular season. He owns a 3-2 record and 2.53 ERA in 12 career playoff starts.</p><p>Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani will get the start for San Francisco.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Defending champion Los Angeles Dodgers turn to Walker Buehler to save season vs. Giants

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Giants-Dodgers-prediction-Giants-Dodgers-pick-Giants-Dodgers-Odds-MLB-Odds-Giants-Dodgers.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 4 prediction, odds, pick, and more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-12T07:30:43-07:00">October 12th, 7:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-12T07:31:46-07:00">October 12th, 7:31am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>It’s been a heavyweight battle in the San Francisco Giants-Los Angeles Dodgers. Two 100-win teams going back and forth, trading blows, and hitting each other where it hurts the most. The Giants have the upper hand, as they are just a win away from eliminating their archenemy. But will the Dodgers tie the series up in Game 4? With that said, it’s now time to read our Giants-Dodgers prediction and preview.</p><p>Here’s how the <a href="https://mybookie.ag/sportsbook/baseball/">bookmakers</a> have set the lines for this Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 4 matchup.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: </b><b>Giants-Dodgers </b><b>Odds</b></h2><p><i>*Watch </i><i>MLB </i><i>games LIVE with </i><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408"><i>fuboTV (click for free trial)</i></a><i>*</i></p><p>San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-150)</p><p>Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (+130)</p><p>Over 7.5 runs (-115)</p><p>Under 7.5 runs (-105)</p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Giants </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>Anthony DeSclafani has been spotty this season against the Dodgers, but one thing about the 31-year-old right-hander is that he was sensational the last time he faced Los Angeles. That was on Sep. 3, when he blanked the Dodgers for six innings while fanning five hitters and allowing just two hits in a 3-2 Giants victory at home. In his most recent outing, DeSclafani tamed the San Diego Padres for five innings, allowing zero runs and just four hits for his 13th win of the season. </p><p>DeSclafani enters Game 4 with a 13-7 record in the regular season and a 3.17 ERA and 1.09 WHIP in 31 total starts. As for the Giants’ offense, it could only get easier for them in Game 3 after getting past Max Scherzer. The Dodgers haven’t named a starter as of this writing of Giants-Dodgers prediction and preview, but even if they go with Walker Buehler, that means starting their ace on short rest. Although the Giants managed to eke out just a run in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-giants-vs-dodgers-nlds-game-3-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/">Game 3</a>, that helps magnifies their 4-0 record in their last four games following an outing in which they scored just two runs or fewer. </p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Dodgers </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>As mentioned earlier in this Giants-Dodgers prediction piece, the Dodgers haven’t officially named a starter just yet, but the belief is that it’s going to be Tony Gonsolin, who’ll be toeing the rubber first for Los Angeles in the all-important Game 4. The 27-year-0ld is well-rested. He last saw action on Sep. 30 during an 8-3 home win over the Padres, wherein he surrendered three earned runs on four hits across 4.2 innings of mound duty.  The Dodgers’ pitching staff hasn’t been particularly overpowered by San Franciso’s offense in this series. </p><p>The Giants, in fact, have the worst OBP (<a href="https://www.mlb.com/stats/team/on-base-percentage?sortState=asc">.208</a>) in the playoffs among all teams that made it to the League Division Series round. That plays nicely into Gonsolin’s ability to strand batters at a high rate. Among all Dodgers pitchers with at least 50 innings logged this season, Gonsolin is second overall with an <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&amp;stats=pit&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=50&amp;type=8&amp;season=2021&amp;month=0&amp;season1=2021&amp;ind=0&amp;team=22&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=0&amp;startdate=2021-01-01&amp;enddate=2021-12-31&amp;sort=12,d">86.2 LOB%</a>. Offensively, the Dodgers are looking to light up DeSclafani — again. In six starts against the Dodgers this year, DeSclafani has gone 0-3 with a 7.33 ERA and .300 OBA. Dodgers hitters are also looking at a taxed Giants bullpen, with  Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval going 1.2 and 3.0 innings long in Game 3, respectively.</p><h2><b>Final </b><b>Giants-Dodgers</b><b> Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>This has been an awesome series, thus far. The Dodgers will have familiar success against DeSclafani to force Game 5 in San Francisco. For this Giants-Dodgers prediction, I’m going with the Dodgers’ run line.</p><p><b>FINAL PICK:</b> Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (+130)</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB odds: Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 4 prediction, odds, pick, and more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/mlb-news-dodgers-giants-in-shock-as-super-strange-winds-knock-down-potential-game-tying-homer_copy-2.jpg"></figure><h1>Dodgers, Giants in shock after ‘super strange’ winds knock down Gavin Lux’s potential game-tying homer</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-12T06:29:56-07:00">October 12th, 6:29am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-12T06:33:39-07:00">October 12th, 6:33am</time><address><a>Jason Patt</a>Jason Patt has been an editor at ClutchPoints since 2018. He also covers the Bulls for Forbes and SB Nation's Blog a Bull. In addition, he co-hosts Cash Considerations: A Chicago Bulls Podcast for the Blue Wire Network. If you couldn't tell, he's from Chicago.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants and Los Angeles Dodgers were both in shock after a 1-0 Giants win put them up 2-1 in the NLDS of the 2021 MLB Playoffs.. It was a bizarre <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-giants-vs-dodgers-nlds-game-3-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/" rel="noopener">Game 3</a> at Dodger Stadium, with uncharacteristic whipping winds making it extremely hard on the hitters.</p><p>Giants manager Gabe Kapler noted how “super strange” the weather was in Southern California, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/mlb-sports-mookie-betts-max-scherzer-evan-longoria-c683c9122a6ad93a112ceb4a14639e63" rel="noopener">via Beth Harris of The Associated Press:</a></p><blockquote>“I don’t remember a lot of nights at Dodger Stadium where the wind was blowing like that.”</blockquote><p>Evan Longoria was able to muscle out a home run off Max Scherzer in the fifth inning to give San Francisco a 1-0 lead, and that was all the scoring for the night. However, the Dodgers had several long drives that would have been gone on most nights, including Gavin Lux’s deep shot with two outs in the ninth. Lux was left in disbelief that the ball didn’t go out to tie the game:</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Gavin Lux is a professional hitter, he knows when he gets all of one. His immediate reaction off the bat was that it would be gone. His face here says it all. <a href="https://t.co/jkpSiBGIzp" target="_blank">https://t.co/jkpSiBGIzp</a> <a href="https://t.co/sUvLOM87D3" target="_blank">pic.twitter.com/sUvLOM87D3</a></p><p>— Blake Harris (@BlakeHarrisTBLA) <a href="https://twitter.com/BlakeHarrisTBLA/status/1447790379785277440?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">October 12, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>As noted by the metrics, this ball would have been a home run on basically any other night. Chris Taylor was also robbed of a home run by the wind earlier in the game.</p><p>Longoria himself couldn’t believe what transpired:</p><blockquote>“My stomach pretty much sank when he hit it. I couldn’t believe that it didn’t go,” Longoria said. “I guess it was our night.”</blockquote><p>As another example of just how wacky the wind was, Scherzer said it was pushing him toward home plate while he was on the mound. The fact that Longoria was able to hit a home run off the superstar pitcher was truly incredible, especially given he was in an 0-for-23 slump leading up to that plate appearance.</p><p>The defending champion Dodgers are now on the brink of elimination.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Dodgers, Giants in shock after ‘super strange’ winds knock down Gavin Lux’s potential game-tying homer

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dodgers-Giants-prediction-Dodgers-Giants-pick-Dodgers-Giants-Odds-MLB-Odds-Dodgers-Giants-1.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 3 prediction, odds, pick, and more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-11T07:37:48-07:00">October 11th, 7:37am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-11T08:03:03-07:00">October 11th, 8:03am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The Los Angeles Dodgers were not going to let the San Francisco Giants get away with a 2-0 lead in this National League Division League Series, as they responded to their loss in Game 1 with a dominant victory in Game 2. The series now shifts to Hollywood, where the Dodgers will look to go back-to-back. Will the Dodgers get their first taste of the series lead? Or, will the Giants reclaim the driver’s seat? With that said, it’s now time to read our Giants-Dodgers prediction and preview.</p><p>Here’s how the <a href="https://mybookie.ag/sportsbook/baseball/">bookmakers</a> have set the lines for this Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 3 matchup.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: </b><b>Giants-Dodgers </b><b>Odds</b></h2><p><i>*Watch </i><i>MLB </i><i>games LIVE with </i><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408"><i>fuboTV (click for free trial)</i></a><i>*</i></p><p>San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-125)</p><p>Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (+105)</p><p>Over 7.0 runs (-120)</p><p>Under 7.0 runs (+100)</p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Giants </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>A very familiar face for the Dodgers will start for the Giants in Game 3 and that’s Alex Wood, who played for Los Angeles before coming over to San Francisco. That’s not just a fun side note, though. Wood’s familiarity with the postseason atmosphere at his old stomping grounds could be a factor in Game 3. Wood has appeared a total of 52 times (40 starts) at Dodger Stadium in his career and during that span, he’s accumulated a 17-9 record, a 3.05 ERA, and 1.105 WHIP. </p><p>Wood is also coming into Game 3 riding a wave of momentum. He was not able to post a win in three mound appearances back in September, but gave up just two earned runs on nine hits and struck out 17 hitters, while not issuing a single walk across 13.0 innings. On offense, the Giants will be facing one of this generation’s best in Max Scherzer, but they could be catching Mad Max at the best time. Scherzer hasn’t been at his top form of late. In fact, Scherzer surrendered 10 earned runs on 17 hits in his last two regular-season starts and looked human in the Wild Card game against the St. Louis Cardinals wherein he racked up 94 pitches in just 4 ⅓ innings. </p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Dodgers </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>Granted that Scherzer hasn’t been as dominant of late, hes’ still someone the Dodgers can easily trust to deliver the goods. Scherzer went 15-4 with a 2.46 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP. Since he became a Dodger, Scherzer managed to put together an 11-7 record and a 1.98 ERA plus a 0.82 WHIP in 11 starts. Unlike in his previous stints with other teams, the Dodgers have a high potential every time to give Scherzer robust run support. As a Dodger, Scherzer got an average of 6.59 runs behind him per nine innings pitched. </p><p>Excluding Scherzer’s numbers RS/9 numbers with the Washington Nationals, that <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&amp;stats=sta&amp;lg=all&amp;qual=y&amp;type=c,4,5,11,7,8,13,-1,36,37,40,43,44,48,51,-1,240,-1,6,332,45,62,-1,59,123&amp;season=2021&amp;month=0&amp;season1=2021&amp;ind=0&amp;team=0&amp;rost=0&amp;age=0&amp;filter=&amp;players=0&amp;startdate=2021-01-01&amp;enddate=2021-12-31&amp;sort=17,a">run support</a> is the highest among the top seven qualified pitchers with the best ERAs. After getting blanked in Game 1, the Dodgers’ bats woke up in Game 2. Even Cody Bellinger, who’s been <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-san-francisco-has-given-cody-bellinger-a-historically-traumatizing-2021-season/">historically </a>bad against the Giants this season, managed to make a huge impact with his bat, as his two-run double in the top of the sixth signaled the beginning of the end for San Francisco in that contest. </p><h2><b>Final </b><b>Giants-Dodgers</b><b> Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>The Dodgers are understandably the favorite, but again, Scherzer hasn’t looked right of late. The Giants’ opportunistic bats could certainly pounce on any signs of weakness on the part of Scherzer. For my Dodgers-Giants prediction, just take San Francisco’s run line.</p><p><b>FINAL PICK: </b>San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-125)</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB odds: Giants vs. Dodgers NLDS Game 3 prediction, odds, pick, and more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Cody-Bellinger-Dodgers-Giants.jpg"></figure><h1>Giants have given Cody Bellinger a historically traumatizing 2021 season</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-09T20:05:27-07:00">October 9th, 8:05pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-09T20:07:48-07:00">October 9th, 8:07pm</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The 2021 MLB season has been an individually forgettable one for Los Angeles Dodgers first baseman Cody Bellinger. The Dodgers still made the postseason despite his struggles all year long, but he will have to exorcise his demons in the National League Division Series if he wants to make a positive impact on his team’s pursuit for another World Series title. The bad news for Bellinger, however, is that those demons are in the form of the San Francisco Giants, who have been baffling him for practically the entire season, as you can tell from this bit of trivia from Sports Radar (<a href="https://twitter.com/JoshDubowAP/status/1447027919075770372">h/t Josh Dubow of the Associated Press</a>).</p><blockquote>Per@sportradar, there have been 75,528 times that a player batted 50+ times vs 1 team in a season (postseason included) since 1903. Cody Belinger’s .038 average (2 for 53) vs the #SFGiants is the lowest of any of those players</blockquote><p>The Giants have broken Bellinger. Back in the regular season, Bellinger batted .165. In 48 at-bats against the Giants prior to the postseason, Bellinger went 2-for-48 (.042), easily the worst batting average he’s had in the regular season against any team he had at least five at-bats. In Game 1 of the 2021 NLDS, the Giants kept Bellinger in check again, holding him to just 0-for-3. He also went 0-for-2 in his first two at-bats in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-dodgers-vs-giants-nlds-game-2-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/">Game 2</a>.</p><p>Bellinger has truly taken a nosedive this season in which he posted a <a href="https://www.fangraphs.com/players/cody-bellinger/15998/stats?position=1B/OF#dashboard">48 wRC+</a> to go with a .165/.240/.302 slash line.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giants have given Cody Bellinger a historically traumatizing 2021 season

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Dodgers-Giants-prediction-Dodgers-Giants-pick-Dodgers-Giants-Odds-MLB-Odds-Dodgers-Giants.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 2 prediction, odds, pick, and more</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-09T09:30:30-07:00">October 9th, 9:30am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-09T09:31:41-07:00">October 9th, 9:31am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants edged the Los Angeles Dodgers in <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-dodgers-vs-giants-nlds-game-1-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/">Game 1</a> to the tune of a 4-0 score, thanks to the brilliant performance of Logan Webb on the mound. Will Kevin Gausman follow that victory up with another pitching gem for the Giants’ rotation? Or, will Julio Urias neutralize San Francisco’s offense and help Los Angeles tie the series at 1-1? With that said, it’s now time to read up on our Dodgers-Giants prediction and preview.</p><p>Here’s how the <a href="https://mybookie.ag/sportsbook/baseball/">bookmakers</a> have set the lines for this Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 2 matchup.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: </b><b>Dodgers-Giants</b><b> Odds</b></h2><p><i>*Watch </i><i>MLB </i><i>games LIVE with </i><a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408"><i>fuboTV (click for free trial)</i></a><i>*</i></p><p>Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (+155)</p><p>San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-185)</p><p>Over 7.0 runs (-120)</p><p>Under 7.0 runs (+100)</p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Dodgers </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>The Dodgers need a short memory and move on from their loss to San Francisco in Game 1. For Game 2, Los Angeles will be giving the ball to Julio Urias, who’s been like a lucky charm for the team. Wins have looked automatic for the Dodgers this season whenever Urias gets a start. They are 11-0 in his last 11 starts. During that stretch, the lefty went 8-0 with a 1.77 ERA and 2.27 FIP. </p><p>That span also includes the Dodgers’ 6-1 road win against San Francisco on Sep. 4 wherein Urias allowed just an earned run on eight hits with eight strikeouts in 5.2 innings of work during a 6-1 win. The 25-year-old Urias also appears to be better on the mound when he’s pitching away from Dodger Stadium. Back in the regular season, Urias had a better road record on the road (13-2) than at home (7-1) and a lower ERA (2.71). The Dodgers enter Game 2 with a 5-2 record in their last seven playoff games as the road team.</p><h2><b>Why the </b><b>Giants </b><b>Could Cover</b></h2><p>Looking to follow the lead of Logan Webb’s excellent in the series opener for the Giants will be righty Kevin Gausman. The 30-year-old veteran will step on the mound Saturday following a successful regular season wherein he amassed a 14-6 record and a 2.81 ERA. Gausman looked sharp in his most recent start, surrendering just an earned run on six hits while fanning out five hitters and issuing a single walk across seven innings of a 3-2 home loss to the San Diego Padres on Oct. 2. He is 1-1 in three starts in the regular season against the Dodgers, who got five runs off him on eight hits over the course of 14 total innings. </p><p>Gausman could be catching the Dodgers at a great time, with LA’s offense freezing cold of late, scoring just three runs since the start of the postseason. Conversely, San Francisco’s offense is looking great, having scored a total of 15 runs in their last two games. Buster Posey, who smacked a two-run homer in Game 1, is a man to watch at the plate for Game 2, especially since he is 9 of 18 with three walks all-time versus Urias.</p><h2><b>Final </b><b>Dodgers-Giants</b><b> Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>Just like in Game 1, the Giants are once again underdogs as a home team for Game 2. If you bet on the Dodgers to win the series opener, you should have learned your lesson by now. If not, then get this: the Giants are 4-0 in their last four games as the underdog. For my Dodgers-Giants prediction, I’m taking the Giants’ run line. </p><p><b>FINAL PICK: </b>San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-185)</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB odds: Dodgers vs. Giants NLDS Game 2 prediction, odds, pick, and more

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/giants-news-madison-bumgarner-sends-bold-message-to-san-francisco-doubters-ahead-of-postseason.jpg"></figure><h1>Madison Bumgarner sends bold message to Giants doubters ahead of postseason</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-10-01T16:03:29-07:00">October 1st, 4:03pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-10-02T19:50:49-07:00">October 2nd, 7:50pm</time><address><a>Steve Zavala</a>Steve is a freelance writer covering the world of sports for ClutchPoints.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>For much of the 2021 MLB regular season, there has been much uncertainty from many over whether the San Francisco Giants are contenders or pretenders. Amid much outside noise, the Giants simply continue to rack up wins.</p><p>The Giants <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants" rel="noopener">picked</a> up their 105 victory of the season on Thursday in walk-off fashion. LaMonte Wade Jr. delivered a key game-winning hit against the Arizona Diamondbacks in the bottom of the 9 inning that cut the Giants’ magic number to clinch the NL West to a mere two games.</p><p>Diamondbacks pitcher Madison Bumgarner watched as Wade clinched the win for the Giants and sees that this script is all well too familiar to him.</p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/1443812462567075859?s=20" rel="noopener">As he noted after the game</a>, Bumgarner is among those that well believe the Giants are the real deal this season.</p><blockquote>“It’s pretty crazy,” Bumgarner said. “It’s pretty incredible to see. I know people have counted them out all year and a lot of people can’t understand it and make sense of it, but I’ve been on that side when people are saying the same thing, and I know how dangerous the Giants are when they get in the postseason. I’ve obviously seen that a time or two. There’s something about that uniform, I don’t know.”</blockquote><p>Bumgarner sure does know a thing or two about being counted out as a contender. The former Giants star was a catalyst behind San Francisco’s trio of World Series wins in the last decade, which included the 3-1 series comeback win against the St. Louis Cardinals in the 2012 NLCS and the run to the triumph in the 2014 season as a wild card team.</p><p>The Giants still could reach history at this late stage in the campaign, as a sweep over the San Diego Padres in the final weekend of the regular season would see them become the fifth National League team ever to record at least 108 wins in a season.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Madison Bumgarner sends bold message to Giants doubters ahead of postseason

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Brandon-Belt-Giants.jpg"></figure><h1>Giants 1B Brandon Belt’s status for playoffs in doubt due to broken thumb</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-28T06:16:52-07:00">September 28th, 6:16am</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-28T06:19:04-07:00">September 28th, 6:19am</time><address><a>Johnny Recks</a>Johnny Recks has been a writer for ClutchPoints since 2020, covering NFL, NBA, NHL, WWE, and more.</address><h3 class="op-kicker">MLB</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants have the best record in the majors, but with the Los Angeles Dodgers still looming large on their rearview mirror, they just can’t simply take any of their remaining games for granted. That’s also why the injury to Brandon Belt is a big blow to the Giants, who only leads Los Angeles by two games with each team having six more contests to play in the regular season.</p><figure class="op-interactive"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">An x-ray revealed a fractured thumb for Brandon Belt.</p><p>— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) <a href="https://twitter.com/PavlovicNBCS/status/1442640440553971713?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" target="_blank">September 28, 2021</a></p></blockquote><p></p></figure><p>Belt got hit in his left thumb while attempting to bunt during Sunday’s 6-2 road win over the Colorado Rockies. The injury was later diagnosed as a fractured left thumb, putting his availability for at least the rest of the regular season in great jeopardy. The injury could also potentially cost Belt games in the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/giants-news-san-francisco-adds-jose-quintana-off-waivers/">playoffs</a>, depending on its severity. As of the moment, the Giants have not released an official timetable of return for Belt.</p><p>The first baseman is undoubtedly a huge reason for the success the Giants are having this season. Belt has mashed a team-leading 29 homers and is slashing .274/.378/.597.</p><p>With Belt out, the Giants could resort to putting eitheplar Wilmer Flores or LaMonte Wade Jr. on first base, while Darin Ruf is another option once he comes back om an IL designation.</p><p>The Giants, who are<a href="https://www.mlb.com/standings"> 102-54</a>, will play the Arizona Diamondbacks in a <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants/schedule">three-game series</a> starting Tuesday before concluding the regular season with a three-game set at home versus the San Diego Padres.</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

Giants 1B Brandon Belt’s status for playoffs in doubt due to broken thumb

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Giants-Padres-prediction-Giants-Padres-odds-Giants-Padres-pick-Giants-Padres-MLB-odds.jpg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Giants vs. Padres prediction, odds, pick, and more – 9/21/2021</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-22T12:24:00-07:00">September 22nd, 12:24pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-22T12:25:09-07:00">September 22nd, 12:25pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/noam.bernstein.5" rel="facebook">Noam Bernstein</a>Noam Bernstein is ClutchPoints' Social Media Manager. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Noam graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in Economics and is now responsible for maintaining CP's many social media accounts. An avid sports fan and Vegas enthusiast, you can find him shooting hoops, watching his hometown Lakers and Dodgers, or cooking up parlays in his free time. "Good teams win, great teams cover."</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>After a thrilling first game of the series, the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-francisco-giants" rel="noopener">San Francisco Giants </a>and <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-diego-padres" rel="noopener">San Diego Padres</a> meet for Game 2 of the three game set on Wednesday evening. As the Giants creep closer to 100 wins and the Padres struggle to survive in the postseason race, let’s continue our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-mets-vs-nationals-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/" rel="noopener">MLB odds series</a> and make a Giants-Padres prediction and pick.</p><p>San Diego currently stands at 76-74 and is 44-32 at home. If you put $100 on every single Padres game so far this season, you’d be down $2,191 on the moneyline.</p><p>San Francisco currently stands at 98-53 and is 49-27 on the road. If you put $100 on every single Giants game so far this season, you’d be up $3,226 on the moneyline.</p><p>Here’s how <a href="https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/baseball/mlb" rel="noopener">sportsbooks</a> have set the Giants-Padres odds.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Giants</b><b>-Padres </b><b>Odds</b></h2><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>San Francisco Giants ML (+100)</p><p><a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-diego-padres" rel="noopener">San Diego Padres</a> ML (-110)</p><p>Over 9.5 Runs (-105)</p><p>Under 9.5 Runs (-115)</p><h2><b>Why The Giants Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>The biggest advantage the Giants have in this series is the strength of their lineup, and it showed yesterday in the series opener. Down 4-1, San Francisco stormed back against a quality pitcher in Joe Musgrove to tie the game and then win it late.</p><p>Seeing what Gabe Kapler’s guys did to the Padres best pitcher this year raises some serious concerns for Vince Velasquez, who has been throwing meatballs on the mound all year.</p><p>Velasquez currently holds an ERA of 6.09, and the Giants are primed to take advantage of his biggest weaknesses: the walk and the home run ball.</p><p>The righty has been destroyed by top OPS teams all year. In 18.1 innings against teams that rank top ten in OPS, Velasquez has allowed eight home runs and 16 walks. The Giants have the fourth-highest OPS in the league, the second-most home runs, and the third-most walks. This is shaping up to be a quick exit for a pitcher that has allowed four or more earned runs in six of his last eight starts.</p><p>On their end, the Giants are sending Scott Kazmir to the mound. Kazmir has only pitched three times this season, and last started nearly four months ago.</p><p>In seven innings of work this year, Kazmir has allowed five earned runs. We can cut him a little bit of a break since all seven innings pitched came against either the Dodgers or the pre-sell-off Cubs.</p><p>Realistically, the Giants need Kazmir to go three innings. Even if he does allow three earned, he can hand the ball to the best bullpen in baseball (lowest WHIP and ERA in the league). The Giants lineup should keep them in this game barring an absolute meltdown from Kazmir.</p><h2><b>Why The Padres Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>In terms of the battle of the starters, if either of these guys can get to the five-inning mark with three earned runs it’ll be deemed a hugely successful outing. Of the two, Velasquez is more likely to complete this feat.</p><p>Kazmir has pitched a total of seven innings in the last five years. He is a complete question mark in every term, and it’s certainly possible the Padres offense jumps all over him in the first one or two innings, as the Dodgers and Cubs have done.</p><p>The San Diego offense has shelled left-handers of late, and a soft-tossing lefty like Kazmir is a prime target. In the last 15 innings they’ve faced a left-hander, the Padres have scored 13 earned runs. It’s unlikely that Kazmir breaks the trend against a Padres lineup which, despite the loss last night, looked extremely sharp.</p><p>It’s up to Vince Velasquez to avoid getting knocked out of the game prematurely to keep San Diego in the game. Velazquez has completed at least four innings in seven of his last ten matchups, and that might be all the Padres ask of him tonight.</p><p>The Giants bullpen is good, but the Padres pen is nearly just as elite. San Diego’s reserve arms are rested and ready, having gone only three innings last night. Despite the loss, Mark Melancon threw only 14 pitches and will certainly be ready to make up for Tuesday’s mistake if the Padres find themselves with a late-inning lead.</p><p>This game will be a shootout, but the Padres bullpen is ready to come in and cool off the flames.</p><h2><b>Final Giants-Padres Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>On Tuesday, <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-giants-vs-padres-prediction-odds-pick-and-more-9-21-2021/">we cashed by playing the over</a> in the first game of the series. Today, we’re going back to the well. Vince Velazquez has an ERA of 11.63 in the last two months, and Kazmir is a massive question mark. Because these bullpens are both excellent, avoid playing the full game over. Instead, take the total on the first five innings and rely on both starters to get roughed up early. The first half over is set at five runs can be found at most books for -120. It’d be surprising to see either of these teams finish below three runs by the time the first five innings are up. Play the first half over.</p><p><b>FINAL GIANTS-PADRES PREDICTION: F5 OVER 5 RUNS (-120)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

MLB odds: Giants vs. Padres prediction, odds, pick, and more – 9/21/2021

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Giants-Padres-prediction-Giants-Padres-odds-Giants-Padres-pick-MLB-odds-Giants-Padres.jpeg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Giants vs. Padres prediction, odds, pick, and more – 9/21/2021</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-21T12:27:00-07:00">September 21st, 12:27pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-21T12:27:00-07:00">September 21st, 12:27pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/noam.bernstein.5" rel="facebook">Noam Bernstein</a>Noam Bernstein is ClutchPoints' Social Media Manager. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Noam graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in Economics and is now responsible for maintaining CP's many social media accounts. An avid sports fan and Vegas enthusiast, you can find him shooting hoops, watching his hometown Lakers and Dodgers, or cooking up parlays in his free time. "Good teams win, great teams cover."</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>The San Francisco Giants head south to start a key NL West series with the <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/sports/mlb/san-diego-padres" rel="noopener">San Diego Padres</a> on Tuesday night. With National League playoff spots and positioning on the line, let’s continue our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-mets-vs-nationals-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/" rel="noopener">MLB odds series</a> and make a Giants-Padres prediction and pick.</p><p>San Diego currently stands at 76-73 and is 44-31 at home. If you put $100 on every single Padres game so far this season, you’d be down $2,091 on the moneyline.</p><p>San Francisco currently stands at 97-53 and is 48-27 on the road. If you put $100 on every single Giants game so far this season, you’d be up $3,133 on the moneyline.</p><p>Here’s how <a href="https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/baseball/mlb" rel="noopener">sportsbooks</a> have set the Giants-Padres odds.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Giants</b><b>-Padres </b><b>Odds</b></h2><p><i><b>*Watch MLB games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>San Francisco Giants ML (-105)</p><p>San Diego Padres ML (-115)</p><p>Over 7.5 Runs (-105)</p><p>Under 7.5 Runs (-115)</p><h2><b>Why The Giants Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>With their lead in the NL West down to one game over the Dodgers, this is as much a must win for the Giants as it is for the Padres. San Francisco will send one of their best arms to the mound in Kevin Gausman looking to extend their division lead.</p><p>Gausman holds an impressive ERA of 2.78 through 30 starts with the Giants this season. San Francisco has gone 19-11 when the righty takes the mound.</p><p>Gausman’s biggest strength this season has been his ability to rack up strikeouts. Over 175 innings, he’s struck out a whopping 208 batters. He’s struck out at least six in 21 of 30 appearances. Gausman has already shown he’s capable of making the usually conservative Padres swing and miss.</p><p>In 24 innings against San Diego over four starts this year, he’s K’d 25 batters. More importantly, the Giants have won three of those four matchups, and Gausman has allowed less than one earned run over six plus innings in the wins.</p><p>The Giants bats don’t have an opposing pitcher to prepare against, but we can judge from the odds listed that it will probably be Joe Musgrove.</p><p>Unlike Gausman, Musgrove has been poor against his opponent tonight. In 16 innings against the Giants, Musgrove has allowed 12 earned runs.</p><p>The Giants have crushed Musgrove with what they do best: the homer and the walk. San Francisco has ambushed Musgrove with five homers over his 16 innings against them, and they have also drawn six walks.</p><p>If Musgrove is the starter, the Giants lineup should be salivating at the chance to get to him for the fourth time this year.</p><h2><b>Why The Padres Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>Considering Joe Musgrove hasn’t pitched in five days and the Padres are in desperate territory, we can assume San Diego will send their best pitcher this year to the mound on Tuesday night.</p><p>Musgrove currently holds a 2.99 ERA and has been the rock of the Padres rotation, making 29 starts this year. Of his 29 starts, Musgrove has gone five or more innings and allowed three or less earned runs in 20 of those contests.</p><p>The hometown boy has shown flashes of brilliance (like when he threw the Padres’ first no-hitter), but his strongest asset has been his ability to keep San Diego in nearly every game he’s pitched, whether he has his best stuff or not.</p><p>Unlike his counterpart tonight, Musgrove has been very good of late. Through August and September, his ERA is 3.10. Gausman, on the other hand, has really struggled.</p><p>The Giants starter has a 4.24 ERA in that same span, and has looked extremely shaky of late. In his last outing against the Padres, Gausman’s pitches looked flat, and he was hammered for eight hits and four earned runs in just five innings.</p><p>On top of this, the San Diego bats have some good history against Gausman. Fernando Tatis Jr. has dominated him, going 5-11 with two home runs this season. Adam Frazier is batting .346 against Gausman in 26 at-bats, and Tommy Pham is 6-12 with three RBI against him.</p><p>When the Padres offense is clicking, it’s a sight to see. They’ve scored 7+ runs in four of their last ten games. However, it is boom or bust, as they’ve scored two or less runs in five of those ten. Considering the way Gausman has been pitching, the odds lean towards this offense breaking out.</p><h2><b>Final Giants-Padres Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>Before placing a bet, I’d wait until the Padres confirm they are starting Musgrove, just to be safe. However, there is a bet that stands out to me immediately, and that’s the over.</p><p>Gausman has not looked like an ace at all of late, pitching to a 4.34 ERA in his last five starts. Musgrove has gotten shelled by the Giants twice already this year. Even if the Padres don’t start him (which would make little sense considering the position they’re in), a bullpen game should mean more Giants runs either way. Both teams should be able to get in the neighborhood of four runs apiece tonight. Play the over.</p><p><b>FINAL GIANTS-PADRES PREDICTION: OVER 7.5 RUNS (-115)</b></p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en">    <head>        <style type="text/css" media="all">            body {    margin: 0px;}h1, h2, h3 {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Semibold";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 18px;}header {    margin: 0px;    height: 0px;    display: none;}p {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px;    font-size: 16px;}p > img {    margin-left: -15px;    width: calc(100% + 30px);}a {    color: #0000FF;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    font-size: 16px;    text-decoration: none;}ul {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 3px 10px 3px 10px;    font-size: 16px;}ol {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";}img {    margin: 0px;    width: 100%;    height: auto;}blockquote {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 30px 15px 30px 15px;    padding: 0px 0px 0px 15px;    font-size: 16px;    border-left: 2px solid black;}blockquote p {    margin: 0px;}.op-tracker, .op-ad {    display: none;    height: 0px;}article > figure {    margin: 0px;}figcaption {    color: #333333;    font-family: "SFUIText-Regular";    margin: 10px 15px 30px 15px;    font-size: 12px;}iframe {    width: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;    margin: 0px;    border: 0;    background-color: #EFEFEF;}.vine-embed {    height: __SCREEN_SIZE_WIDTH__;}.twitter-tweet, .instagram-media {    margin-left: 15px !important;    margin-right: 15px !important;    width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;}.clutchpoints-widget {    /*margin: 10px 15px 10px 15px !important;*/    /*margin-top: 1px !important;*/    padding-top: 10px;    /*margin-left: 15px !important;*/    /*margin-right: 15px !important;*/    /*width: __SCREEN_CONTENT_SIZE_WIDTH__ !important;*/}        </style>        <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />    </head>    <body>        <article><header><figure><img src="https://clutchpoints.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/mlb-odds-braves-vs-giants-prediction-odds-pick-and-more-9-17-2021-publish-on-9-17.jpeg"></figure><h1>MLB odds: Braves vs. Giants prediction, odds, pick, and more – 9/17/2021</h1><time class="op-published" datetime="2021-09-17T12:10:49-07:00">September 17th, 12:10pm</time><time class="op-modified" datetime="2021-09-17T12:10:49-07:00">September 17th, 12:10pm</time><address><a href="https://www.facebook.com/noam.bernstein.5" rel="facebook">Noam Bernstein</a>Noam Bernstein is ClutchPoints' Social Media Manager. Born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Noam graduated from UC Davis with a B.A. in Economics and is now responsible for maintaining CP's many social media accounts. An avid sports fan and Vegas enthusiast, you can find him shooting hoops, watching his hometown Lakers and Dodgers, or cooking up parlays in his free time. "Good teams win, great teams cover."</address><h3 class="op-kicker">Betting</h3><figure class="op-ad"></figure></header><p>Two division leaders meet tonight as the Atlanta Braves visit the San Francisco Giants in Oracle Park. As both teams look to solidify their lead, let’s continue our <a href="https://clutchpoints.com/mlb-odds-mets-vs-nationals-prediction-odds-pick-and-more/" rel="noopener">MLB odds series</a> and make a Braves-Giants prediction and pick.</p><p>San Francisco currently stands at 95-52 and is 47-25 at home. If you put $100 on every single Giants game so far this season, you’d be up $3,076 on the moneyline.</p><p>Atlanta currently stands at 76-68 and is 39-32 on the road. If you put $100 on every single Braves game so far this season, you’d be down $692 on the moneyline.</p><p>Here’s how <a href="https://www.betonline.ag/sportsbook/baseball/mlb" rel="noopener">sportsbooks</a> have set the Braves-Giants odds.</p><h2><b>MLB Odds: Brave</b><b>s-Giants </b><b>Odds</b></h2><p><i><b>Watch MLB games LIVE with <a href="https://www.fubo.tv/lp/mlb/?irad=377812&amp;irmp=492408" rel="noopener">fuboTV (click for free trial)</a>*</b></i></p><p>Atlanta Braves ML (+155)</p><p>San Francisco Giants ML (-165)</p><p>Over 7.5 Runs (-115)</p><p>Under 7.5 Runs (-105)</p><h2><b>Why The Braves Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>Ian Anderson has been a consistently solid starter for his team despite missing a month and a half of the season with shoulder problems.</p><p>Anderson has made 21 starts this year and pitched to a 3.61 ERA. It’s extremely rare that the young righty doesn’t give Atlanta the chance to win a ballgame. He’s pitched at least five innings in 15 of his 21 starts, and he hasn’t allowed more than four earned runs in an outing all season.</p><p>As a bonus, Anderson has proven he can handle this Giants lineup already. Less than a month ago, he shut the Giants out over 5.2 innings in a game Atlanta eventually won 9-0.</p><p>Anderson has done an excellent job of keeping the ball in the ballpark (his HR/9 is only 0.98), and he has the stuff to rack up K’s (107 K’s in 109.2 innings). It’s unlikely the Giants knock him around and expect him to keep Atlanta in striking distance.</p><p>At the plate, the Braves have the daunting task of getting runs across with Logan Webb on the mound. Webb has been dominant, but the Braves are catching him after his worst two-game span since the start of the year.</p><p>In his first two starts of the season, Webb allowed three earned runs in each game. In the next 19 games, this feat was never replicated. But in start 20 and 21, Webb allowed three earned runs to the Rockies and then four earned runs to the Cubs.</p><p>This has to be slightly concerning to the Giants faithful, considering the light-hitting cellar dwellers were capable of stringing enough hits together to score seven earned runs with only one home run. If Webb comes out with a flat sinker, the Braves are going to do more damage than the Rockies or Cubs could hope to do.</p><h2><b>Why The Giants Could Win This Game</b></h2><p>The one definite advantage the Giants hold in this matchup is on the mound. While Ian Anderson has been good, Logan Webb has been dominant.</p><p>In 14 starts between May and August, Webb allowed more than two earned runs on only one outing. He shut the opposing team out in four of those appearances, including a seven-inning gem against the Braves in which he racked up six strikeouts.</p><p>Webb’s biggest strength is keeping the ball on the ground and in the park. In 125.1 innings of work, the sinkerballer has allowed only nine home runs. He has yet to allow multiple homers in a game this season.</p><p>This is important against a Braves team with the third-most home runs in the league and has multiple players in the lineup that are swinging for the fences in what seems like every at-bat.</p><p>It isn’t easy to get any of Webb’s pitches elevated, and Oracle’s dimensions should also help any balls that do happen to get lifted in the air stay in play. Webb should return to his dominant ways tonight.</p><p>It helps the Giants odds that their lineup is red hot at the moment. In nine out of ten of their last matchups, San Francisco has scored six or more runs.</p><p>Ian Anderson is a pitcher that is unlikely to get roughed up, but it would also be a shock to see him pitch another game against this Giants lineup without some damage.</p><p>This season, Anderson’s most significant weakness has been limiting the walk and currently holds a BB/9 of 3.86. This is a recipe for disaster against a Giants lineup with the ability to spit on pitches that most teams flail at.</p><p>San Francisco has drawn the third-most walks in the league, and their lineup has one of the lowest chase rates to go with it. Anderson probably won’t be mowing down batters with ease tonight, so he’ll have to rely on getting weak contact to navigate the lineup. Eventually, this Giants team will break through and get to him, even if it takes a few innings.</p><h2><b>Final Braves-Giants Prediction &amp; Pick</b></h2><p>We have a matchup between two lineups that use the homer to quickly post crooked numbers against two pitchers that have been extremely hard to take deep. In the end, the starters have the advantage. Both starters have a HR/9 below one, which should handicap both lineups. Expect to see plenty of ground balls off Atlanta’s bats and a good amount of weak contact from the Giants. Add in the factor that this game will have a playoff atmosphere from the first pitch, and we should see the arms dominate the bats. This game should finish comfortably below eight runs. Take the under.</p><p>FINAL BRAVES-GIANTS PREDICTION &amp; PICK: UNDER 7.5 RUNS (-105)</p><figure class="op-tracker"></figure></article>    </body></html>

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