{"id":117154,"date":"2025-06-20T04:42:08","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/117154\/"},"modified":"2025-06-20T04:42:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T04:42:08","slug":"red-sox-at-giants-odds-picks-and-predictions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/117154\/","title":{"rendered":"Red Sox at Giants odds, picks and predictions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/boston-red-sox\/226\" data-autotag=\"016b555d-957a-436c-a42f-c678fa2c13a2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> (39-37) visit the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/san-francisco-giants\/250\" data-autotag=\"0b0e199f-7ea3-4920-a9f1-2be8047f1198\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> (42-33) on Friday in Rafael Devers&#8217; first game against his former team since being traded. First pitch from Oracle Park is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. ET. Let&#8217;s analyze <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook&#8217;s<\/a> MLB odds around the Red Sox vs. Giants odds and make our expert <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/mlb-picks-predictions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">MLB picks and predictions<\/a> for the best bets.<\/p>\n<p>Season series: First meeting; Red Sox won 2-1 last season.<\/p>\n<p>Boston got back in the win column on Wednesday with a 3-1 win over the Seattle Mariners while covering as a -119 road favorite. 3B Marcelo Mayer had a solo home run while SS Trevor Story hit a go-ahead 2-run homer in the series-clinching win. The Red Sox have won 7 of their last 8 games.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco snapped a 4-game losing streak with a 2-1 win on Thursday over the Cleveand Guardians while covering as a -179 home favorite. A 2-run double by pinch-hitter Wilmer Flores in the seventh inning boosted the Giants to victory to avoid the sweep.<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox at Giants projected starters<\/p>\n<p>RHP Hunter Dobbins vs. RHP Hayden Birdsong<\/p>\n<p>Dobbins (4-1, 3.74 ERA) makes his 10th start. He has a 1.19 WHIP, 1.8 BB\/9 and 6.8 K\/9 through 55 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Last start: Win, 6 IP, 0 ER, 2 H, 1 BB, 5 K in a 4-3 home victory vs. New York Yankees SaturdayFriday will be his first career appearance against the Giants<\/p>\n<p>Birdsong (3-1, 2.79 ERA) makes his 6th start. He has a 1.28 WHIP, 3.5 BB\/9 and 9.5 K\/9 through 48 1\/3 innings.<\/p>\n<p>Last start: No-decision, 6 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 2 BB, 6 K in an 8-7 road loss against Colorado Rockies ThursdayFriday will be his first career appearance against the Red Sox<\/p>\n<p>Win your fantasy baseball league with <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">BaseballHQ.com<\/a>. For decades, BHQ has been helping players just like you win! BHQ offers full-season subscriptions. <a href=\"https:\/\/baseballhq.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sign up today and start winning<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox at Giants odds<\/p>\n<p>Provided by <a href=\"https:\/\/mediaserver.betmgmpartners.com\/renderBanner.do?zoneId=1731778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener sponsored nofollow\">BetMGM Sportsbook<\/a>; access <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/scores\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">USA TODAY Sports Scores and Sports Betting Odds hub<\/a> for a full list. Lines last updated Thursday at 11:05 p.m. ET.<\/p>\n<p>Moneyline (ML): Red Sox +110 (bet $100 to win $110) | Giants -130 (bet $130 to win $100)Run line (RL)\/Against the spread (ATS): Red Sox +1.5 (-210) | Giants -1.5 (+170)Over\/Under (O\/U): 7.5 (O: -115 | U: -105)Red Sox at Giants picks and predictionsPrediction<\/p>\n<p>Red Sox 4, Giants 3<\/p>\n<p>BET RED SOX (+110).<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox have been on a hot streak recently, winning 8 of their last 10 games and 4 of their last 5 games on the road. They have been playing top-notch defense, allowing 1 or fewer runs in 3 of their last 4 contests and 3 or fewer runs in 7 of their last 8 games. That will be problematic for the Giants who have scored 2 runs in each of their last 3 games. While Devers will be looking for a revenge game, the Red Sox will have the last laugh on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>PASS.<\/p>\n<p>The value is better on the Red Sox moneyline.<\/p>\n<p>BET UNDER 7.5 (-105).<\/p>\n<p>The Red Sox have allowed 3 or fewer runs in 7 of their last 8 games while scoring 3 or fewer runs in each of their last 4 games and 4 or fewer runs in each of their last 8 games.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants have hit the Under in 4 straoght games and in 6 of their last 10 games. They have scored 4 or fewer runs in each of their last 4 games and scored just 6 total runs in their last series against the Guardians. They have allowed 4 or fewer runs in each of their last 3 games.<\/p>\n<p>Play our free daily <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Pick\u2019em Challenge<\/a> and win! <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyticket.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Play now<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>For more sports betting picks and tips, check out <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsbookwire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SportsbookWire.com<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/ftw.usatoday.com\/betftw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">BetFTW<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Follow SportsbookWire on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsBookWire\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Twitter\/X<\/a> and like us on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sportsbookwire\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Boston Red Sox (39-37) visit the San Francisco Giants (42-33) on Friday in Rafael Devers&#8217; first game&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":117155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2375],"tags":[686,5,684,141,48,2542,5727,687,438,1923,1076,162,4,306,319,169,300,316,301,5726,863,285,89,2543,844,66,303,939,943,286,302,318,185,1272,694,317,305,940,304,685],"class_list":{"0":"post-117154","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boston-red-sox","8":"tag-and","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-betting","11":"tag-boston","12":"tag-boston-red-sox","13":"tag-bostonredsox","14":"tag-devers","15":"tag-disclaimer","16":"tag-exclude","17":"tag-exclude-sports-betting","18":"tag-francisco","19":"tag-giants","20":"tag-mlb","21":"tag-national","22":"tag-national-sports","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-overall","25":"tag-overall-positive","26":"tag-positive","27":"tag-rafael","28":"tag-rafael-devers","29":"tag-red","30":"tag-red-sox","31":"tag-redsox","32":"tag-san","33":"tag-san-francisco-giants","34":"tag-scores","35":"tag-smg","36":"tag-smg-timely","37":"tag-sox","38":"tag-sport","39":"tag-sport-scores-u0026-statistics","40":"tag-sports","41":"tag-sports-betting","42":"tag-sports-betting-widget-and-disclaimer","43":"tag-sports-news","44":"tag-statistics","45":"tag-timely","46":"tag-u0026","47":"tag-widget"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}