Chicago at San Francisco

It isn't often that you get an opportunity to play on the best home team in the National League at what amounts to even, or slightly underdog odds against a team that has struggled on the road all season. That is the case here with the Giants holding the best home record in the NL with a 48-26 mark on the season, and the Cubs nine games south of .500 on the road. Those numbers have held up in this range as well as the Giants are 19-11 at home as a favorite of -110 or less, or an underdog. The Cubs have been poor on the road, but that is just the beginning of their problems. When they have hit the road against a team with a .500 or better record, they have gone just 7-22. Those numbers don't dictate even odds for a game especially with the Giants holding onto faint wildcard hopes. The Cubs’ problems become worsened when facing a pitcher with a WHIP of 1.15 or less as they are now 5-22 in their last 27 against one. Dempster has not been the answer for the Cubs off a loss as he has followed by seeing the Cubs go 2-12. There is a lot of value here on the home team and I'll back the Giants in this one.