Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 4/12/2023 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Francisco Giants

Date: Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA

TV: NBC Sports Bay Area

Odds/Point Spread: Los Angeles (-190) San Francisco (+160)

The Los Angeles Dodgers (6-5) are hitting the road to Oracle Park on Wednesday where they will try to beat the San Francisco Giants (4-6). The moneyline on this matchup has Los Angeles at -190 and San Francisco is priced at +160. The over/under has been set at 8. The pitchers taking the mound will be Clayton Kershaw and Alex Cobb.

Los Angeles is slugging .511 and have been called out on strikes 101 times, while taking a walk on 60 occasions. They have accrued 68 RBI's in addition to 89 base knocks for the year, while their batting average is at .250. The Dodgers have accounted for 20 doubles as a squad and have knocked 21 balls out of the stadium. They have earned a total of 69 runs and hold an on-base percentage of .359. As a unit, the Los Angeles Dodgers are scoring 6.3 runs per game, which has them sitting at 2nd in baseball.

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The Dodgers are sitting with a team earned run average of 4.22 this year (11th in MLB), and they have struck out 90 hitters. They have a K/BB ratio of 5.29 and their pitching staff has recorded a WHIP of 1.15. Dodgers pitchers have allowed 7 long balls and 45 total runs (9th in MLB). Their pitching staff has walked 17 opposing players and their FIP is 3.22 as a team on the season.

The Dodgers have sent 34 relief pitchers to the hill over the course of the season. The relievers have inherited 16 base runners for the year and 31.3% of them crossed the plate. They have accumulated 3 saves this season and have not converted 1 out of their 4 chances to get a save. The Dodgers relief pitchers have accumulated a save rate of 75.0% and has come into the game in 6 save situations. The relief pitchers have notched 2 holds on the year (27th in baseball). Dodgers relief pitchers have gone to the mound with runners on 11 times in addition to having 5 appearances in high leverage situations.

The Dodgers have converted 67.6% of baseballs in play into outs in their 864 innings, which has them sitting at 22nd in MLB. The Los Angeles Dodgers are sitting with 288 putouts for the season, as well as 91 assists and 4 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .990 which has them ranked 10th in professional baseball, and have earned 9 double plays.

Kershaw (198-88 career win-loss record) has earned a FIP of 2.77 and he has gone up against 10,208 batters during his time in the major leagues. He has allowed 1,966 base knocks (6.8 hits per 9 innings) with 631 free passes. His earned run average is 2.49 (716 earned runs allowed) and he has a career WHIP of 1.002. Kershaw has taken the hill for 2,593 innings and has totaled 2,820 punch outs in his pro baseball career.

San Francisco has recorded 18 long balls so far this year and 48 runs batted in. They have hit 12 doubles, while taking a walk 38 times and scoring 48 runs. The San Francisco Giants have recorded an on-base percentage of .336 in addition to a batting average of .249 this year. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .445 and they earn 4.80 runs per contest (14th in the league). They have been rung up on 115 instances (1st in MLB) and have recorded 86 base knocks.

The Giants have a team WHIP of 1.241 and have a FIP of 4.52 as a unit on the season. They rank 15th in baseball as a pitching staff in total hits conceded with 86. The San Francisco pitching staff have allowed 51 runs this year while having a team ERA of 4.66 (45 earned runs conceded). They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 4.14 (91 strikeouts against 22 free passes). They have conceded 16 dingers and they allow 5.28 runs per 9 innings (22nd in baseball).

Sitting with 4 save situations, the Giants have recorded 2 holds in addition to 0 blown saves. San Francisco has had relief pitchers enter the contest in 2 save chances and they have come away with 2 saves. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the hill 4 times in high leverage situations in addition to 7 occasions with base runners. San Francisco relief pitchers hold an inherited score percentage of 33.3% out of 9 inherited base runners. They sit at 8th in the league with a save percentage of 100.0%, and they have sent 27 relief pitchers to the mound over the course of the season.

In 783 innings on the field, the Giants hold a defensive efficiency of 68.0% (17th in MLB). The San Francisco Giants have gotten 9 double plays and have notched a fielding percentage of .981 (24th in the majors). The Giants have 92 assists, 7 errors and have 261 putouts over the course of the season.

Thus far in his career, Cobb has given up 1,141 base knocks while tallying 979 punch outs in 1,170 frames. He has allowed a total of 499 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.269 and a FIP of 3.8. He has a K/BB ratio of 2.85 and he has faced 4,913 batters during his career. Cobb (70-69 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 3.84 ERA and has allowed 8.8 hits per nine innings.

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

Josh Schonwald's Pick: Take Los Angeles (-190)

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