Giants vs. Diamondbacks: NL West Rubber Match Preview

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00:00DRS a rubber match between NLS foes today this afternoon in San Francisco the Giants and the

00:07D-backs Arizona won the opener on Monday the Giants respond last night in a high scoring affair

00:13basically a pick-em for the series finale and the rubber match this week minus 112 now though the

00:20updated money line price on San Francisco total on the rise ever so slightly at eight and a half

00:27who wins this game who wins this series tonight by the back the the afternoon game out there Ben 1245

00:34starts so you won't really get those shadows in maybe a little bit warmer temperatures that you

00:37would have normally at night which is a nice thing to have but understand this though Jordan Hicks is

00:4111th on the card today at a 31 pitchers with his X fit minus number at 89 which is really good but

00:47here's the correlation sometimes that people can't wrap their head around wait a minute you're telling

00:50me Jordan Hicks having a good season with a 5.82 ERA just means he's getting a little bit unlucky at

00:56this point his metrics are very good waiting on base percentage and iso power numbers things just

01:00aren't working on his favor but as I said you're lining up right-handed pitching you're going up

01:03against a lineup that can really detonate right-handed pitching with a lot of left-handed bats that's

01:08certainly the Arizona Diamondbacks at this point first six guys in the lineup today all elevated isos

01:13against righties we'll see how that one plays out because I just told you you have a very good season

01:17so far for Jordan Hicks not ERA wise but strikeout wise and also not giving a lot of free passes and

01:22keeping the ball on the ground you focus on San Francisco with the water Rodriguez not a great

01:26pitcher last 30 days hammered as a left-handed pitcher both lefty and righty batters however

01:31when you take a look at Eduardo Rodriguez you see his 92 exit minus look at his ERA 6.86 if you're

01:38just looking ERA and you look at that total like what gets here they probably should get 15 total

01:42runs in this game not so fast these pitchers are now in a true pitching environment and understand this

01:47they're getting a little bit unlucky to start the season maybe that balances out today in the afternoon