Padres-Giants Lines Preview

The San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants will both be gunning for a victory on Thursday when they meet at AT&T Park. Righthander Josh Geer will take the mound for the Padres to start this game. Geer is 1-3 this season with a 5.01 ERA. It'll be ace Tim Lincecum toeing the rubber for the Giants in this contest. Righthander Lincecum is 9-2 with a 2.23 ERA so far this season. Oddsmakers currently have the Giants listed as 300-moneyline favorites versus the Padres, while the game's total has not yet been posted. The Padres were defeated 5-1 by the Diamondbacks as +140 underdogs on Wednesday, as +140 underdogs. The team's played UNDER the day's posted over/under (9.5). Will Venable and Kevin Kouzmanoff drove in the runs, while Greg Burke gave up two runs in relief and was tagged with the loss. The Giants failed to complete a three-game sweep in a 7-0 loss to the Marlins last time out, as -120 favorites. That game's seven runs went UNDER the posted over/under (8.5). Ryan Sadowski gave up five hits and three runs over five innings in taking the loss. Current streak: San Diego has lost 4 straight games. Team records: San Diego: 35-49 SU San Francisco: 46-38 SU San Diego most recently: When playing on Thursday are 2-8 Before playing San Francisco are 6-4 After playing Arizona are 3-7 After a loss are 3-7 San Francisco most recently: When playing on Thursday are 7-3 Before playing San Diego are 6-4 After playing Florida are 7-3 After a loss are 6-4 A few trends to consider: The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games on the road The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Diego's last 5 games when playing San Francisco San Diego is 6-2 SU in its last 8 games when playing San Francisco The total has gone OVER in 5 of San Diego's last 7 games San Francisco is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against San Diego The total has gone UNDER in 4 of San Francisco's last 5 games when playing San Diego San Francisco is 7-2 SU in its last 9 games at home The total has gone UNDER in 5 of San Francisco's last 7 games when playing at home against San Diego Next up: San Francisco home to San Diego, Friday, July 10