Boston Red Sox (55-47) vs. San Francisco Giants (56-47)
The 2023 MLB season goes on Friday, July 28, with a full 15-game slate, so we are breaking down the interleague showdown from Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, to get you the best Red Sox vs. Giants betting pick and odds.
Boston and San Francisco open a three-game series at Oracle Park, and the Giants are listed as -150 moneyline favorites with a total of 8.0 runs. These two foes haven’t met each other since 2019 when the Giants took two out of three games from the Red Sox in Boston.
The Boston Red Sox improved to 55-47 on the season following Wednesday’s 5-3 victory over the mighty Atlanta Braves, who boast the best record in the majors. The Sawx swept a two-game home set against Atlanta, extending their winning streak to four games. Boston is now a game and a half behind the Toronto Blue Jays, who hold the final wild card in the American League.
The Red Sox have gone 7-4 since the All-Star break, slashing a robust .284/.341/.515 with 22 extra-base hits, 21 home runs, and 65 runs scored across 377 at-bats. Triston Casas and Rafael Devers have combined for 11 of those 21 round-trippers, while Justin Turner has amassed five doubles, three dingers, and 14 RBI during that 11-game stretch.
Cutter Crawford will get the starting call Friday, and the 27-year-old righty is 4-5 with a 4.04 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, and 69/17 K/BB ratio in 11 starts and eight relief appearances (71.1 innings pitched) in 2023. Since cementing his spot in Boston’s starting rotation in early June, Crawford has gone 3-3 with an uninspiring 4.43 ERA, 4.24 FIP, and .761 opposing OPS across 40.2 innings of work (nine starts).
Last Friday, Crawford struggled in a losing effort against the New York Mets at home. He yielded four earned runs (two homers) on four hits through four innings of work. Crawford has allowed a couple of dingers in three of his previous five starts.