The San Francisco Giants and the Cincinnati Reds will open an important 3-game set tonight at Oracle Park. Both teams are 1½ games back of the Arizona Diamondbacks for the last wild card spot and they match up well. The Giants are 67-63 and 36-30 at home while the Reds are 68-64 and 37-30 on the road. Tonight’s expected starters are two lefties, with Andrew Abbott for the Big Red Machine and Kyle Harrison for the Giants. Harrison will be making his second big league start. He is 0-0 with a 5.40 ERA and a 1.80 WHIP. Abbott has been the Reds go-to guy, with a record of 8-3, a 3.16 ERA and a 1.17 WHIP. He last faced the Giants on July 20th when he was lights out, pitching 8 scoreless innings, yielding just 1 hit, and the Reds went on to a 5-1 victory. Consider the road dog tonight.
TONIGHT’S PICK: CINCINNATI REDS