<p>The rival Dodgers and Giants begin the "second half" of their baseball betting seasons with a four-game series at Chavez Ravine starting Thursday night. Mitch White hits the hill for the home team in the opener against lefty Carlos Rodon for the visitors.</p>
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<h2>MLB Betting Odds</h2>
<p>Thursday's baseball betting lines opened LA and White at around -135 over San Fran and Rodon, with an over/under of 8.5 runs. Early betting action on the Giants then dipped the Dodgers down to -121.</p>
<h2>Giants-Dodgers MLB Betting Preview</h2>
<p>San Francisco took three of four games from Milwaukee last weekend, winning Sunday's series finale 9-5. Just before that, the Giants took two of three from Arizona, and just before that, they won the last two games of a series in San Diego. So San Francisco is 7-2 over its last nine games.</p>
<p>At 48-43 overall, the Giants trail the division-leading Dodgers by 12.5 games in the NL West but also sit just a half-game back of Philadelphia and St. Louis in the battle for the No. 3 spot in the NL wild-card standings.</p>
<p>Los Angeles, meanwhile, swept two games from the sorry-ass Angels last weekend by scores of 9-1 and 7-1. Just before that, the Dodgers took two of three at the Cardinals, and just before that, they swept four games from the Cubs. Going back a bit further, LA is 11-2 over its last 13 games.</p>
<p>At 60-30 overall, Los Angeles leads the NL West by ten games over the second-place Padres and is 3.5 games up on the Mets in the battle for the best record in the National League.</p>
<p>San Francisco leads the season series with the Dodgers three games to two.</p>
<h2>Thursday's Pitching Match-Up</h2>
<p><a class="advblue"href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/330527&quot; title="Mitch White Pitching Game Stats">White is 0/8 on quality starts</a> this season, along with five appearances in relief. Last Tuesday, he got clipped by St. Louis for six runs and ten hits, including two home runs, through five innings of a 7-6 Los Angeles loss. But over his two starts previous to that, he held San Diego and Colorado to two runs through 10 1/3 innings of a pair of Dodgers victories.</p>
<p>LA is 4-4 when White starts this season, which is about what they should be, based on his performances.</p>
<p>Over his last three appearances against San Francisco, all last season, White allowed two runs and three hits through 3 2/3 innings.</p>
<p><a class="advblue" href="https://www.sportsbettingstats.com/mlb/pitcherlog/69198&quot; title="Carlos Rodon Pitching Game Logs">Rodon is 10/ on quality starts</a> this year and five for his last seven. Last Thursday, he held Milwaukee to one run on eight hits and three walks through five frames, although the Giants lost that game 3-2 in 10 innings. And over his last seven starts, he's allowed just eight runs and 30 hits through 46 innings, with 13 walks against 56 strikeouts.</p>
<p>San Fran is only 8-10 with Rodon this season, but that's at least four games worse than it should be.</p>
<p>Over two starts already this season against the Dodgers, Rodon allowed just two runs and five hits through 12 innings. San Francisco split those two games, and both games played under their totals.</p>
<h2>Splits With the Sticks </h2>
<p>The Giants are batting .234 against right-handed pitching this season, with a .320 team OBP and a .387 team slugging percentage.</p>
<p>Los Angeles is slashing .249/.327/.414 against left-handed pitching.</p>
<h2>The Bullpens</h2>
<p>The Dodgers bullpen owns a 3.26 ERA this season, along with an ML-best 1.10 WHIP.</p>
<p>The San Francisco pen owns a 4.19 ERA and a 1.38 WHIP.<br />
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<h2>MLB Betting Trends</h2>
<p>The Giants are 22-21 on the road this season and 29-33 against right-handed starters.</p>
<p>The Dodgers are 30-13 at home and 19-11 against left-handed starters.</p>
<h2>Totals Report</h2>
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<li>The Over is 45-42 in Giants games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 46-34 in Dodgers games.</li>
<li>The Under is 3-1 in Giants-Dodgers games this season.</li>
<li>The Under is 20-17 at Dodger Stadium this season.</li>
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