Sport: MLBPick Selection: San Francisco Giants (Lincecum) -110
San Francisco Giants at Washington Nationals 7:35 PM ET
San Francisco Giants (Lincecum) -110
The Giants head to the east coast to start a four-game set with Washington. San Francisco is coming off a series loss at home to the Mets but the offense showed a big spark in that series, averaging 6.3 rpg in that three-game series. The Giants are 8-6 over their last 14 games as the pitching has allowed three runs or fewer in half of those games while the offense has scored six or more runs in half as well. San Francisco has won six of its last eight road games heading into Friday.
Washington snapped a four-game skid with a victory over the Cardinals last night in the second game of its doubleheader. It was just the fifth win in the last 15 games for the Nationals who have not won back-to-back games since May 18th and 19th. The offense exploded for 10 runs in Game Two after scoring a total of two runs in the last four games. Washington is hitting .234 on the season including .236 at home, both of which are dead last in all of baseball.
All Tim Lincecum does is throw quality outings. He has tossed 11 straight quality starts and his lone non-quality effort came in a relief appearance in his first game of the season against the Dodgers. The Giants have won his last three starts and are 8-3 overall including a 4-1 record on the road. Lincecum?s ERA actually dips from 2.23 to 1.72 on the road where he has allowed no home runs. He faced Washington once last season, allowing just one run in seven innings of work.
Jason Bergmann came back to reality in his last start as he allowed four runs in eight innings against Arizona. The outing wasn?t horrible but all four of those runs came on solo home runs. He had gone three straight starts without allowing a run but Washington came away with just one win during that span and that was a 1-0 nail biter. Bergmann has a 5.03 ERA at home this season and the Nationals are 0-3 in his three home start, in part because the offense has averaged just 2.3 rpg in those contests. Play San Francisco Giants 1.5 Units
There is no hiding from the fact that baseball has gotten off to a slow start in June for Matt Fargo! Instead of sulking, Fargo is working harder to get back on track and he is in store for a big weekend! The Friday card has slim pickings and he is passing the Premium Program but will be back on Saturday to right the ship!
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