Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Francisco Giants Prediction, 8/27/2026 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds
Game: Arizona Diamondbacks vs San Francisco Giants
Date: Thursday, August 27, 2026
Location: Oracle Park in San Francisco, CA
TV: NBC Bay Area
Odds/Point Spread: Arizona (-144) San Francisco (+120)
The San Francisco Giants (54-78) are hosting the Arizona Diamondbacks (70-63) at Oracle Park on Thursday. The odds on this game have the Diamondbacks at -144 and the Giants are sitting at +120. The over/under has been set at 8. The starting pitchers will be Kohl Drake and Logan Webb.

As a team, the Arizona Diamondbacks are compiling 4.5 runs per contest, which has them at 12th in MLB. They have accounted for 603 runs while holding a team OBP of .317. The Diamondbacks have accrued 229 doubles as a team and have hit 130 balls out of the park. They have 575 RBI's and 1,087 hits for the year, while their batting average is sitting at .244. Arizona has a slugging percentage of .398 and have struck out 963 times, while drawing a walk on 448 occasions.
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They have a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.30 and their pitching staff has a collective WHIP of 1.29. Diamondbacks pitchers have given up 156 home runs and 600 runs (18th in baseball). Arizona has conceded 1,136 base hits (8.7 per 9 innings) as well as 552 earned runs. The Diamondbacks have an earned run average of 4.21 this season (18th in baseball), and their staff has rung up 901 batters. Their pitching staff has walked 392 hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.40 as a team for the season.
Diamondbacks relief pitchers have stepped onto the hill with runners on 117 times in addition to having 138 appearances in high leverage situations. The bullpen have racked up 73 holds this year (12th in the league). The Diamondbacks relievers have recorded a save percentage of 68.1% and stepped onto the hill in 121 save situations. They have compiled 32 saves for the season and have blown 15 of 47 chances to save the game. The relievers have inherited 174 base runners for the year with 25.3% of those runners ended up crossing the plate. The Diamondbacks have sent 438 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign.
The Arizona Diamondbacks have notched a total of 3,543 putouts this season, in addition to 1,159 assists and 49 errors. Their fielding rate is at .990 which puts them in 2nd in pro baseball, and they have turned 117 double plays. The Diamondbacks have transformed 71.1% of balls in play into outs out of their 10,629 innings on the field, which has them sitting at 6th in pro baseball.
Drake has taken the mound for 16 innings and has accounted for 13 punch outs in his pro baseball career. His ERA is 5.56 (10 earned runs allowed) and his WHIP is 1.605. He has given up 20 base hits (11.1 hits per 9 innings) and has had 6 free passes. Drake (0-1 career mark) has a FIP of 5.47 while he has gone up against 77 batters in the major leagues.
San Francisco has recorded 146 HRs so far this season to go along with 510 runs batted in. They have tallied 218 doubles, while taking a walk 348 times as well as scoring 531 runs. The San Francisco Giants have tallied an OBP of .306 as well as a team batting average of .247 for the season. The Giants hold a team slugging % of .405 and they score 4.02 runs per outing (28th in MLB). They have struck out on 1,049 occasions (24th in the league) and have tallied 1,108 hits.
The Giants hold a team WHIP of 1.353 in addition to having a FIP of 4.13 as a staff this season. They rank 17th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 1,081. The San Francisco pitching staff have given up 604 runs this year and come in with a team ERA of 4.30 (555 earned runs given up). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 7.70 (993 strikeouts vs 491 bases on balls). They have given up 120 homers and they give up 4.68 runs per 9 innings (20th in the league).
They are currently ranked 27th in baseball holding a save percentage of 55.6%, and they have dispatched 416 relief pitchers to the hill for the season. Their bullpen pitchers have stepped onto the mound 108 times in high leverage situations in addition to 149 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 109 save situations, the Giants have accrued 64 holds and 20 blown saves. San Francisco has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 45 save opportunities and they have converted 25 saves. San Francisco relief pitchers have an inherited score percentage of 35.2% out of their 227 inherited runners.
In their 10,461 innings on the field, the Giants have accumulated a defensive efficiency of 69.6% (19th in baseball). The San Francisco Giants have turned 120 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .983 (26th in MLB). The Giants have recorded 1,238 assists, 84 errors and have earned 3,487 putouts this year.
Thus far in his career, Webb has surrendered 1,142 base knocks while he has totaled 1,106 strikeouts in 1,203 frames. Webb (78-61 career mark) has earned a 3.43 ERA and has surrendered 8.5 hits per 9 innings. He has given up a total of 458 earned runs while holding a WHIP of 1.186 and a FIP of 3.4. He has a K/BB ratio of 3.88 and he has gone up against 4,928 batters during his MLB career.
Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?
Tony Sink's Pick: Take Arizona (-144)
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