The San Francisco Giants cannot afford to keep losing to a team like the San Diego Padres, who have won 7 of the last 8 contests, if they want to keep playing in October. Fortunately for the Giants, one of their wild card foes, the St. Louis Cardinals are playing the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley and that helps. San Francisco will send their ace Madison Bumgarner to the hill tonight at Petco Park. Bumgarner lost his last 2 outings to the Padres but the All Star is still 14-9 on the season, with an ERA of 2.57, a WHIP of 1.02, and has a career best 241 strikeouts. Jarred Cosart gets the start for the Pads and he has been awful. Cosart is 0-4, with an ERA of 5.63, a WHIP of 1.70, and in the month of September he is 0-3, with a bloated ERA of 11.12, and that’s not a typo. To make matters worse, Cosart is 0-2 lifetime against the Giants, with an ERA of 10.80, and Buster Posey is 4-4 against him and Brandon Belt is 4-5. I see the Giants nailing Cosart and Bum pitching a gem.
Tonight’s pick:
San Francisco Giants