The San Francisco Giants take on the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday night to continue their three-game series at Citizens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Monday’s opener has been excluded from the analysis, as these two National League foes met for the first time in 2022. Jakob Junis will get the ball for the visitors, while the hosts will counter with Ranger Suarez, so let’s see what’s the best Giants vs. Phillies betting pick for Tuesday, May 31.
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Giants vs Phillies Betting Pick
This game will be played at Citizens Bank Park at 6:45 PM ET on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.
Why Bet The Giants:
✅ Jakob Junis is having a bounce-back campaign with the Giants after three horrible years with the Royals. The 29-year-old righty is 2-1 in four starts and two relief appearances in 2022 and holds a strong 2.76 ERA and 0.95 WHIP. He tossed six frames of a two-run ball in a 9-3 victory to the mighty New York Mets last time out.
✅ Ranger Suarez has struggled a lot so far this season and carries an underwhelming 4.74 ERA, 4.60 FIP, and 1.53 WHIP into Tuesday’s clash against the Giants. Last Wednesday, Suarez was obliterated for five earned runs across 4.1 frames in an 8-4 defeat at Atlanta. The 26-year-old lefty allowed six hits and four free passes to the Braves while striking out four. Ranger has yielded 16 runs (14 earned) through his first five starts in May.
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✅ The Giants are more dangerous when facing the lefties. They sport a .245/.325/.441 triple-slash and 119 OPS+ against the southpaws. In the last seven days, the Giants were slashing .278/.355/.502 and will look to extend their good run of form when they take on Ranger Suarez. On the other side, the Phillies have recorded an 87 OPS+ over the last seven days. They own a mediocre .244/.308/.387 slash line against the righties in 2022.
San Francisco Giants
The Giants carried a 25-21 record into the Phillies series, sitting at the third spot in the NL West. They’ve won just three of their previous ten games overall. Last Sunday, the Giants beat the Reds 6-4 to avoid a sweep in a three-game set in Cincinnati.
San Francisco owns the second-highest scoring offense in the majors, racking up 5.04 runs per contest. The problems for the Giants are on the other side of the ball, as they surrender 4.65 runs per game (25th in the MLB).
Philadelphia Phillies
The Phillies suffered a 5-4 defeat in ten innings at Citi Field in New York last Sunday and got swept by the Mets in a three-game series. They fell to 21-27 on the season, as the Phillies have won only four of their previous 14 games overall.
Philadelphia is tallying 4.50 runs per game (10th in the MLB) on a .716 OPS (also 10th). The Phillies are yielding 4.42 runs in a return (20th) on a .248 batting average against.