Dodgers vs. Giants (June 12): Will there be a San Francisco sweep on Sunday?

It has been a rough weekend already for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and they enter Sunday’s series finale against the rival San Francisco Giants hoping that it somehow doesn’t get any rougher.

In addition to failing to produce at the plate in back-to-back losses, the Dodgers will be without their ace, Walker Buehler, indefinitely after he suffered a flexor strain in his elbow in Friday’s loss in San Francisco.

It remains to be seen what kind of impact his loss will have on the Dodgers’ outlook going forward, but in the short term, the NL West leaders have to focus on not being swept by their nemesis. There’s plenty of reason to feel confident with Julio Urias on the mound, but the bats will need to step up in a way that they rarely have for him this season.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants Betting Odds and Matchup Information

Matchup Information

• Matchup: Los Angeles Dodgers vs. San Francisco Giants
• Venue & Location: Oracle Park (San Francisco, California)
• Date: Sunday, June 12, 2022
• Dodgers vs. Giants Game Time: 4:05 p.m. Eastern Time (1:05 p.m. local time)
• TV Broadcast Info for Today’s Dodgers vs. Giants Game: MLB Network

Dodgers vs. Giants Pitching Matchup

• Los Angeles Dodgers: Julio Urias (2022: 11 starts, 3-5, 2.78 ERA)
• San Francisco Giants: Carlos Rodon (2022: 11 starts, 4-4, 3.51 ERA)

Dodgers vs. Giants Odds

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Moneyline

• Los Angeles Dodgers -134
• San Francisco Giants +114

Over/Under

• OVER 8 (-115)
• UNDER 8 (-105)

Run Line

• Los Angeles Dodgers -1.5 (+132)
• San Francisco Giants +1.5 (-160)

Will Urias and Rodon Be Plagued by Poor Run Support Once Again?

It’s still fairly early in the MLB season, but neither Urias nor Rodon would have expected to have the records that they do at this point.

Last season, Urias had only three losses in 32 starts as he recorded a 20-win campaign. This season, the 25-year-old southpaw has already surpassed last season’s total of losses and will need a lot to go right over his final 20+ starts this season to get to even 15 wins.

But his record is less a product of poor performances and more a product of poor run support. In the last eight games that he has started, the Dodgers have not managed more than four runs, and they have lost six of those eight games.

In that eight-start stretch, Urias has allowed two or fewer runs six times, but he has just a 2-4 record to show for his efforts.

Rodon, meanwhile, was 4-1 with a 1.80 ERA in his first six starts. But he is winless in his five starts since, despite having only one truly bad outing in that stretch. The Giants have scored ten runs in his last four starts, five of those coming in one inning and one game against the Philadelphia Phillies 11 days ago.

The Giants have scored three or fewer runs in three of Rodon’s last four starts and in five of his starts overall this season, and they have lost all five of those games.

Dodgers vs. Giants Prediction and Best Bets

Dodgers vs. Giants Prediction: Dodgers to win

Dodgers vs. Giants Best Bets: UNDER 8 (+100 at MyBookie & BetMGM)

Given that the Dodgers have yet to be held to fewer than three runs in three consecutive games this season, it’s hard to see them being shut down again or swept.

That said, after scoring two on Friday night and two again on Saturday night–despite tallying 13 hits in the latter loss–they face a pretty tough assignment in the finale against Rodon.

In his previous outing against the Dodgers this season, he allowed two runs, three hits, and two walks in a 3-1 loss at Dodger Stadium on May 3.

Rodon has allowed more than two runs only twice this season, with both times coming on the road. At home, he has a 2.67 ERA and has allowed just eight runs in 27 innings across five starts.

Win or lose, Urias should do his part to keep the visitors in this one. After allowing six runs (just three were earned) at Colorado in his first start of the season, he has allowed just five runs on the road and has compiled a 1.61 ERA in five road starts.

Given their numbers that Urias and Rodon have put up and the run-support issues they have faced, the under has a lot of value in this one. You can’t go wrong wherever you make the play, may it be at BetOnline or elsewhere, but the best number can be found at the two books mentioned.

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