Weird trend: The visiting team in the Dodgers-Giants series has won the last 13 games. This is going back to 2006.
Dodgers +113 today? I don't really like the pitching matchup so I think I stay away but that's a long streak.
Actually, I think the pitching matchup might favor the Dodgers, making this a pretty good value. Some quick saber-nerdiness:For all of the balls put in play against a batter, they really have no control over anything besides walks, K's, and whether it's a groundball, flyball, IF pop-up, etc. YTD, Tomko's balls batted in play has been .367, which is far higher than the average that most all pitchers regress to, which is .290. If you normalize for a .290 BABIP, his WHIP drops to 1.36 and his DIPS ERA (see the ESPN statistics page:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/stats/pitchi...e&count=81)
is actually 4.11. Lowry's DIPS ERA, on the other hand, is 4.41, meaning that his ERA is remarkably lucky for having such bad underlying numbers. As you might guess, Lowry's K/BB is much worse than Tomko's, 64-55 in 107 IP, vs. 59-24 IP.
Now the problem is that Tomko's returning to the rotation after being in the pen, and he's supposedly on a pitch count (not sure how long this will be for with the bullpen getting taxed yesterday) so you don't really know what you're going to get with him. That fact alone makes me wary of LA, but I definitely wouldn't roll with SF here.
According to my "system", LA +118 and HOU +118 are the viable plays today.
ETA: Lowry's home trends actually look a bit stronger than he is on the road. I would probably just sit this one out, although I'm still leaning LA.