Friday, July 19, 2013

MLB Daily Picks – FREE pick for July 19th is San Francisco

MLB Daily Picks FREE pick of the day is San Francisco:

Fixture: Arizona @ San Francisco
Time/Date: 10:15 PM ET, July 19, 2013
Pick: San Francisco
Odds: -121 (1.83 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle



This will be the first game of 3 game series played in San Francisco. San Francisco is leading the season series 6-3, outscoring Arizona 45-34.

San Francisco is 4th in National League West with 43-51 record. They are 25-20 at home. Arizona is leader of National League West with 50-45 record and they are 23-25 on the road.

San Francisco won three of four over San Diego before All Star Break. They hit .307 with 24 runs over that stretch. Their catcher Buster Posey entered the break going 14 for 29 (.483) with 8 RBI's in 7 games. He is 9 for 24 (.375) in his career against Ian Kennedy, who is starting for Arizona tonight.

Kennedy is 3-6, 5.42 ERA in 18 starts this season. He hasn't recorded a win in his last 7 starts, losing 3 of them. During that period he has allowed 29 earned runs on 50 hits while walking 16 in 39.2 innings of work combined. Arizona is 1-6 in Kennedy's last 7 starts and 0-6 in Kennedy's last 6 starts vs. National League West teams.

San Francisco is sending out Chad Gaudin. He is 3-1, 2.39 ERA after 6 starts and 18 relief appearances this season. Gaudin is 3-0, 2.70 ERA in 6 starts since replacing the injured Ryan Vogelsong. He has been especially good pitching at home where his ERA of 0.69 is almost 3 runs better compared with his away games ERA of 3.55. Gaudin has allowed only 2 earned runs during his last 3 starts, 16.1 innings.

Arizona is 2-8 in their last 10 games as a road underdog and they've lost five of their last 6 games against San Francisco.

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