Bet on Baseball: Phillies vs. Giants Line April 16
Carrie Stroup here for those looking to bet on baseball this Monday April 16, 2012 as we have the Phillies vs. Giants game line. Remember, Sportsbook.com has all your latest baseball betting lines and you can receive up to $250 in FREE CASH when joining. Refer your friends and get limitless free cash. See site for details.
Sportsbook.com Line & Total: Philadelphia -117 & 6 under -115
Two 4-5 squads will each look to move back to .500 with their ace toeing the rubber on Monday night when Roy Halladay and Tim Lincecum square off in the opener of a three-game set between the Phillies and Giants.
Lincecum has not looked like his usual dominant self to start the season. He has lasted a total of 7.2 innings in his two starts, allowing 11 earned runs on 14 hits. Although the Philadelphia bats have been inconsistent this season, scoring two runs or less in five of nine games, they broke out Sunday with an eight-run barrage facing a Mets bullpen that had been dominant to start the year. Halladay, on the other hand, was on the hill for Philadelphia’s first two wins of the season, allowing just one earned run and seven hits in 15 innings in 2012. He has his work cut out for him against a Giants lineup that has averaged 4.8 runs per game, but over the past two seasons, Halladay has led his team to a 21-4 record when he faces a strong mound opponent that helps puts the total at less than 7. Take <b>PHILADELPHIA</b> and Halladay in this matchup of aces.
A few Phillies in sore need of breaking out did just that against the Mets Sunday. Juan Pierre, who had been batting .250 on the season, upped that with a 3-for-4 performance. Ty Wigginton, batting just .222, came through with a four-RBI night, giving him five on the year. And others who had been playing well stayed hot, such as Jimmy Rollins (.351 BA) and Hunter Pence (.314 BA), who each added an RBI and two runs scored. All of this is a good sign for this offense that has needed players to step up in the absence of injured stars Ryan Howard (Achilles) and Chase Utley (knee). They might not need too much offensive support if Halladay continues to pitch as he has all season, but this confluence of good factors makes the Phillies the play here.
The Giants best hope for success in this game is that they continue their historical success against Halladay, even if it seems likely that the well will run dry eventually against such a dominant pitcher. In three regular-season starts against the Giants in his career, Halladay is 0-2 with a 7.23 ERA, with San Francisco hitters batting .313 against him. This inexplicable success may have to continue as Lincecum’s inexplicable woes have made him a dangerous bet, despite having a lineup that has scored at least four runs in all but one game this season. Halladay and Lincecum also met twice in the 2010 NLCS. Lincecum won the first matchup 4-3, as he allowed three runs on six hits in seven innings, and pitched even better in the second outing (7 IP, 4 H, 2 ER). But Halladay won that contest 4-2 as he allowed just two runs in six strong innings, the first time he allowed less than four runs in a start versus San Francisco.
- Carrie Stroup, Gambling911.com Senior Reporter
