Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants Prediction 5-22-24 Picks

The San Francisco Giants and the Pittsburgh Pirates meet Wednesday in MLB action from PNC Park. Here’s a Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants prediction. This will be the second installment in a three-Game series. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for the Game.

San Francisco Giants Betting Preview

Over the weekend, the Giants took on the Colorado Rockies. San Francisco powered out a sweep in those Games with wins 10-5, 14-4 and 4-1. On Tuesday in the series opener versus the Pirates, the Giants took a 7-6 loss in 10 innings after blowing a 6-2 lead. Logan Webb put up 6.0 innings with two earned runs on six hits and a walk as starter.

In the starting pitcher role for the Giants on Wednesday it’ll be Blake Snell. So far this year Snell is 0-3 with a 11.57 ERA and 12 Ks in 11.2 innings in three starts. Over his career Snell is 71-58 with a 3.30 ERA in 194 starts.

Pittsburgh Pirates Betting Preview

Over on the Pirates’ side, they played the Chicago Cubs in their weekend set. Pittsburgh lost 1-0 on Saturday but otherwise took the series with wins 5-4, 9-3 and 3-2 in the remaining trio. On Tuesday the Pirates scored four runs in the ninth inning to trigger the epic comeback. Martin Perez left after 4.1 innings in the start, giving up two earned on five hits and three walks.

It’ll be Jared Jones in the starting pitcher role for the Pirates on Wednesday. This year (his first season of MLB activity) Jones is 3-4 with a 2.89 ERA in nine starts. Jones has 63 Ks in 53.0 innings total.

Giants vs Pirates Injury Notes

Giants catcher Patrick Bailey (concussion) was cleared to return to the field on Tuesday.

Pirates SP Marco Gonzales (forearm) will be assessed later this month to determine when he can begin throwing.

Total Runs Facts

• Twelve of the Giants’ last 15 games against NL Central opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• Four of the Pirates’ last five night games against NL West opponents have gone UNDER the total runs line.
• The ‘Inning 1 OVER 0.5 runs’ market has hit in each of the Giants’ last four games against National League opponents.

Pittsburgh Pirates Player Prop Facts

• Oneil Cruz has recorded at least one hit in each of his last seven home appearances.
• Oneil Cruz has hit a home run in two of the Pirates’ last three home games against NL opponents.
• Oneil Cruz has recorded at least one RBI in four of the Pirates’ last five games against NL opponents at PNC Park.
• Oneil Cruz has recorded at least one Double in four of the Pirates’ last five games at PNC Park.
• Oneil Cruz has recorded two or more total bases in seven of his last eight appearances at PNC Park against NL opponents that held a losing record.
• Oneil Cruz has scored at least one run in four of the Pirates’ last five games at PNC Park.
• Andrew McCutchen has recorded at least one Single in seven of his last eight appearances at PNC Park against NL West opponents that held a losing record.

San Francisco Giants Player Prop Facts

• Michael Conforto has recorded at least one hit in each of his last eight appearances against opponents that held a losing record.
• Blake Snell has recorded a win in three of his last four road appearances against NL opponents.
• Thairo Estrada has hit a home run in each of the Giants’ last three night games against NL opponents that held a losing record.
• Michael Conforto has recorded at least one RBI in each of his last four appearances against the Pirates at PNC Park.
• Matt Chapman has recorded at least one Double in three of the Giants’ last four games against opponents that held a losing record.
• Michael Conforto has recorded at least one total base in each of his last eight appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.
• Jorge Soler has scored a run in each of his last five appearances in night games against teams that held a losing record.
• Blake Snell has recorded seven or more strikeouts in 15 of his last 18 appearances against NL opponents.
• Michael Conforto has recorded at least one Single in each of his last eight appearances against NL opponents that held a losing record.

Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Francisco Giants Prediction

I’ll take a stab on the Pirates. Pittsburgh should get a decent start out of Jones. In his last three outings combined, Jones has five earned runs on 15 hits and two walks in 20.0 combined innings. Jones is 1-1 in that trio.

In the Tuesday opener of this set, the Pirates were pretty quiet with the bats until the ninth inning. Pittsburgh would end up with 11 team hits in a nice performance, though. The Pirates’ offense will have to contend with a returning Snell fresh off the Injured List on Wednesday, so this will be interesting.