The Boston Red Sox (56-47) will play the 2nd game of a 3-game series against the San Francisco Giants (56-48) Saturday at Oracle Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:15 p.m. ET (FOX). Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook’s lines around the Red Sox vs. Giants odds and make our expert MLB picks and predictions for the best bets.
Season series: Red Sox lead 1-0
In Friday’s 3-2 victory over the Giants, 1B Triston Casas hit his 16th home run (4th in the last 5 games) of the season, and he had his 5th multi-hit performance in the last 6 games. Boston has won 5 straight games and is 7 games back of the Baltimore Orioles atop the AL East.
It was DH Joc Pederson and OF Michael Conforto, who supplied the 2 runs for the Giants Friday as Pederson hit his 11th homer of the season. Despite losing Friday, San Francisco remains 3 games behind the Los Angeles Dodgers in the NL West race.