This is an 8* play on the San Francisco Giants.

Chris Rusin (3-2, 5.03 ERA) gets the call for the visitors and he would most recently give up three earned runs off seven hits over six innings in a 10-4 win over the Brewers on Sunday. Rusin has been pretty mediocre so far this year though and a big reason why has been his play on the road, just 1-2 with a ballooned 6.00 ERA away from friendly confines. The home side counters with Tim Lincecum (7-4, 3.86 ERA) who is coming off an outing to forget in which he was shelled for five runs in 1 1/3's innings of work in a loss to the Dodgers on Sunday. Lincecum though has been fairly consistent this year and a date at home is just what the doctor ordered to get untracked as the veteran is 5-2 with a highly respectable 2.14 ERA in San Francisco. I'm giving Lincecum the slight nod on the mound in this one and after dropping yesterday's contest, expect the GIANTS to find a way to get the job done at the end of the night.

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