Cincinnati at San Francisco

Cincinnati has a winning record the last five games, winning as a dog of +123, +140 and +120. They also have a winning record the last nine games, so they have not packed it in. San Francisco hasn't seen young Reds lefty John Lamb, coming off his first career victory in a five-inning effort against St. Louis on Thursday. In that contest, he kept the Cardinals off the scoreboard, yielding only three hits. The Giants are 1-7 against a left-handed starter. Streaky San Francisco is 7-9 the last 16 games despite just sweeping San Diego. Giants starter Chris Heston has lasted less than six innings in five of his last six starts with the Giants 0-6 in those games. He hasn't won since defeating Milwaukee on July 27 and got bombed by the Reds earlier in the year giving up seven hits and 5 runs in two innings. The Reds are 9-1 in the last 10 meetings in San Francisco, so grab the dog and play the Reds.