OC Dooley
2 Units SF Giants +145
About one month ago it appeared that we were headed to a Bay Area World Series which has not been seen in 25 years. While Oakland statistically continues to be the best side in the majors, San Francisco has managed to cough up a massive 9-and-a-half game divisional advantage. Despite an elongated slump the Giants are still neck-and-neck with the Dodgers near the top of the National League West and are finally coming off a “series” triumph where firstbaseman Brandon Belt returned from a lengthy injury absence. One of the keys to this pick surrounds the projected PITCHING matchups for this Interleague series which begins tonight in Oakland and wraps up Thursday in San Francisco. In games two-through-four of this series the Athletics will be sending three starts to the mound with ERA’s of 3.08 or lower. Scott Kazmir and Sonny Gray alone have combined for 18 victories. However Oakland tonight sends struggling Jesse Chavez to the mound (9 runs allowed in the past 10 innings of work). On the mound for San Francisco is Ryan Vogelsong (just 3 runs allowed last 13 innings) who has made a comeback from a recent slump