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Reuters
5 days ago
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- Reuters
Robbie Ray, Giants ride momentum into matchup with Pirates
August 6 - San Francisco's Robbie Ray will oppose Pittsburgh's Andrew Heaney in a matchup of veteran lefties on Wednesday afternoon when the Giants and the host Pirates play the rubber match of a three-game series. Ray (9-5, 2.85 ERA) is coming off one of the best performances of his second All-Star season. He allowing one run -- a solo home run by Pete Alonso -- on four hits and one walk while striking out six over seven innings against the New York Mets on Friday. Ray left with a no-decision, however, after a Giants' bullpen, which was fresh from dealing with the departures of late-inning relievers Camilo Doval and Tyler Rogers via trades, surrendered a two-run lead in the eighth inning before prevailing in 10 innings. Ray will look for his first win since July 3 when he takes the mound against the Pirates, who have 10 victories in their past 14 games. The left-hander, who did not pitch last week as the Pirates swept a three-game series in San Francisco, is 2-2 with a 4.78 ERA in six career starts against Pittsburgh. Ray said after his most recent start he has not lost faith that the Giants can make a last-ditch run at the postseason. "We got ourselves in this situation, but we still have the big pieces that we brought in," Ray said on Friday. "We didn't do a major overhaul. This team is still good enough to win." The Giants have won three of their past five to get back to .500. They put together one of their better efforts on Tuesday, mustering 11 hits in an 8-1 victory -- their first in five meetings with the Pirates this season. Every batter in the San Francisco lineup recorded a hit. San Francisco will look to carry that offensive surge to its matchup against Heaney, who has allowed the most earned runs (60) and home runs (21) of any Pirates pitcher this season. Heaney (5-9, 4.89 ERA) is aiming for a bounce back from a rough performance against the league-worst Colorado Rockies on Friday in Denver. Despite his teammates storming out to a 9-0 lead in the first inning, Heaney didn't last long on the mound, pitching only 3 1/3 innings and allowing four runs (three earned) on seven hits and one walk while striking out one. The damage the Rockies did to Heaney kickstarted their memorable comeback, which ended with a 17-16 Colorado victory. Heaney was much better in his most recent home start. He allowed only two hits over five scoreless innings in a 2-0 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on July 26. Heaney, who was also considered a potential trade piece before the deadline, did not pitch against the Giants last week. He is 1-4 with a 5.84 ERA in eight career starts against San Francisco. Pirates manager Don Kelly said of what impresses him about Heaney, "Yeah, just watching him work every day and the way he goes about it, seeing the way he's been able to add arm slots, change speeds, mix things up, and just the way he's been able to bounce back from tougher outings so to speak." Four Giants hitters have homered at least once in their careers against Heaney, including Willy Adames, who has two in 18 career at-bats. Andrew McCutchen has had the most success of any projected Pirates starter against Ray with two home runs and three RBIs while going 7-for-21 (.333). --Field Level Media
Associated Press
5 days ago
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- Associated Press
Pirates and Giants square off in series rubber match
San Francisco Giants (57-57, third in the NL West) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (49-65, fifth in the NL Central) Pittsburgh; Wednesday, 12:35 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Robbie Ray (9-5, 2.85 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 140 strikeouts); Pirates: Andrew Heaney (5-9, 4.89 ERA, 1.30 WHIP, 79 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -152, Pirates +126; over/under is 8 runs BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates and San Francisco Giants meet on Wednesday with the winner claiming the three-game series. Pittsburgh has a 49-65 record overall and a 32-26 record in home games. The Pirates have a 35-10 record in games when they out-hit their opponents. San Francisco has a 29-31 record in road games and a 57-57 record overall. The Giants have the sixth-best team ERA in baseball at 3.69. The teams match up Wednesday for the sixth time this season. The Pirates lead the season series 4-1. TOP PERFORMERS: Andrew McCutchen has 16 doubles and 11 home runs for the Pirates. Liover Peguero is 7 for 26 with a double and four home runs over the last 10 games. Rafael Devers leads the Giants with 47 extra base hits (27 doubles and 20 home runs). Willy Adames is 11 for 42 with a double, three home runs and seven RBIs over the past 10 games. LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 7-3, .258 batting average, 4.85 ERA, outscored opponents by six runs Giants: 3-7, .243 batting average, 3.90 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs INJURIES: Pirates: Chase Shugart: 15-Day IL (knee), Endy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Enmanuel Valdez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Lawrence: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tim Mayza: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow) Giants: Wilmer Flores: day-to-day (hamstring), Landen Roupp: 15-Day IL (elbow), Erik Miller: 15-Day IL (elbow), Tom Murphy: 60-Day IL (back) ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
Yahoo
7 days ago
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- Yahoo
Giants at Pirates Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for August 4
Its Monday, August 4 and the Giants (56-56) are in Pittsburgh to begin a series against the Pirates (48-64). Justin Verlander is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against Johan Oviedo for Pittsburgh. The Giants picked up a much-needed series win over the weekend in New York against the Mets. Rafael Devers went 3-4 with a home run and drove in four runs to lead San Francisco to a 12-4 win Sunday. It was just their third win in their last ten games. The Pirates won yesterday as well. Spencer Horwitz homered twice and drove in six runs as the Bucs won 9-5 over the Rockies. Colorado took two of three over the weekend to slow down a Pittsburgh team that had won eight of its previous nine games. The Pirates and Giants met just a handful of days ago at the end of July in San Francisco with the Bucs sweeping the three-game series. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two. We've got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts. Follow Rotoworld Player News for the latest fantasy and betting player news and analysis all season long. Game details & how to watch Giants at Pirates Date: Monday, August 4, 2025 Time: 6:40PM EST Site: PNC Park City: Pittsburgh, PA Network/Streaming: NBCSBA, SNP Never miss a second of the action and stay up-to-date with all the latest team stats and player news. Check out our day-by-day MLB schedule page, along with detailed matchup pages that update live in-game with every out. Odds for the Giants at the Pirates The latest odds as of Monday: Moneyline: Giants (-132), Pirates (+112) Spread: Giants -1.5 Total: 8.0 runs Probable starting pitchers for Giants at Pirates Pitching matchup for August 4, 2025: Justin Verlander vs. Johan Oviedo Giants: Justin Verlander (1-8, 4.53 ERA)Last outing: July 29 vs. Pittsburgh - 1.80 ERA, 1 Earned Runs Allowed, 6 Hits Allowed, 1 Walks, and 7 Strikeouts Pirates: Johan Oviedo (0-0, 0.00 ERA)Last outing: Has not pitched in the majors since September 0f 2023 Rotoworld still has you covered with all the latest MLB player news for all 30 teams. Check out the feed page right here on NBC Sports for headlines, injuries and transactions where you can filter by league, team, positions and news type! Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Giants at Pirates The Pirates have won 4 of their last 5 home games against National League teams 6 of the Pirates' last 7 home games stayed under the Total The Pirates have covered the Run Line in 6 straight home games Justin Verlander struck out 7 in his last start which happened to be against the Pirates Justin Verlander has allowed one run over his last 2 starts (10 innings) If you're looking for more key trends and stats around the spread, moneyline and total for every single game on the schedule today, check out our MLB Top Trends tool on NBC Sports! Expert picks & predictions for tonight's game between the Giants and the Pirates Rotoworld Best Bet Please bet responsibly. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, call the National Gambling Helpline at 1-800-522-4700. Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts. Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager. Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Monday's game between the Giants and the Pirates: Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline. Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the Pittsburgh Pirates at +1.5. Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0. Want even more MLB best bets and predictions from our expert staff & tools? Check out the Expert MLB Predictions page from NBC Follow our experts on socials to keep up with all the latest content from the staff: Jay Croucher (@croucherJD) Drew Dinsick (@whale_capper) Vaughn Dalzell (@VmoneySports) Brad Thomas (@MrBradThomas)
