Marlins vs Giants Picks and Prediction – 8/31/2024
Marlins vs Giants Prediction
The Miami Marlins continue at West Coast road trip Friday night with game one of three in San Francisco against the Giants. Miami is one of the worst teams in baseball nearly 40 games under .500 having dropped three of the last five. The Marlins offense has been lackluster all season with a .242 batting average. The Marlins have scored just 496 runs this season on less than 1100 little hit. The Miami pitching has been just as bad well the 4.73 team ERA. For other MLB news see our MLB Picks.
Mex Meyer took the loss for Miami in their last outing giving up four runs on five hits across 5 innings of work. The Miami bullpen was just as bad giving up three more runs on four hits over the final 3 innings of the game. Offensively Miami was mediocre with eight hits in 34 at bats score 2 total runs per Grifin Conine and Derek Hill carried the load for the Miami offense driving in one run each.
The San Francisco Giants will be at home again Friday a perfect .500 on the year with 67 wins and 67 losses. San Francisco has been up and down this season having scored 576 runs on 1093 hits. Fortunately for the Giants their power has shined however with 141 total home runs as a team at a .396 slugging percentage.
Matt Chapman leads the San Francisco offense this season with a .246 batting average to go along with 21 home runs. Heliot Ramos has twenty home runs and has boasted a team leading 65 RBIs. Michael Conforto has chipped in with fourteen home runs and Max Yastrzemskii has added eleven home runs as well. Tyler Fitzgerald has come up big for San Francisco with fourteen home runs and 29 RBIs despite playing in just 71 games.
Marlins vs Giants Pick Analysis
Neither of these teams have a ton to play for and have really just gone through the motions as of late. San Francisco has the much better arm on the mound and the home fans behind them to carry the load. Take the Giants Friday to do enough to pull off the home win and cover. Final Score Prediction, San Francisco Giants win and cover 7-1.
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