Cincinnati at San Francisco

First place San Francisco plays its seventh straight home game, part of a 10-game stand. This team is so balanced, 11th in baseball in runs scored and slugging. Tim Hudson (7-4, 2.62 ERA) has been throwing like an ace all year, and the team is 5-2 his last seven starts. He is 5-1 at home with a 2.59 ERA. The Giants are 10-4 in Hudson's last 14 starts, and he faces an erratic Cincinnati team in a tough situational spot, playing their seventh straight road contest. They've been on a nice run, but this offense is still 20th in runs scored and 25th in on base percentage. Homer Bailey has been terrible on the road (2-3, 5.47 ERA), and the Reds are 4-12 in Bailey's last 16 starts as an underdog. Play San Francisco.