BRYAN LEONARD
National League Pitching Showdown
San Francisco at Florida
Today we have a solid pitching match-up in Florida as Matt Cain takes on Ricky Nolasco. The Giants have had a lot of success in this series winning 10 of 14 here and 18 of 26 overall. In his last five starts against the Marlins Cain has an impressive 2.88 ERA with all five starts being quality ones. In his last seven starts overall he owns a 2.42 ERA with close to a 4 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio. The Giants are 11-6 on the season against right-handed starters as they look to take the first three games of this series.
Nolasco was nearly unhittable in the preseason but enters with a 4.01 ERA here. His two home starts in 2010 have been disastrous as he has allowed 10 earned runs in 10 innings of work.
The Giants are playing the much better ball right now having won 6 of their last 8 games while Florida has dropped 5 of 7 here at home. The value is with the better starter as Nolasco has been too inconsistent to back as a favorite.
PLAY SAN FRANCISCO
National League Pitching Showdown
San Francisco at Florida
Today we have a solid pitching match-up in Florida as Matt Cain takes on Ricky Nolasco. The Giants have had a lot of success in this series winning 10 of 14 here and 18 of 26 overall. In his last five starts against the Marlins Cain has an impressive 2.88 ERA with all five starts being quality ones. In his last seven starts overall he owns a 2.42 ERA with close to a 4 to 1 strikeout to walk ratio. The Giants are 11-6 on the season against right-handed starters as they look to take the first three games of this series.
Nolasco was nearly unhittable in the preseason but enters with a 4.01 ERA here. His two home starts in 2010 have been disastrous as he has allowed 10 earned runs in 10 innings of work.
The Giants are playing the much better ball right now having won 6 of their last 8 games while Florida has dropped 5 of 7 here at home. The value is with the better starter as Nolasco has been too inconsistent to back as a favorite.
PLAY SAN FRANCISCO