8* San Francisco (4:05 ET): In yesterday’s analysis (when I told you to take them), I talked about how the Giants’ pitching has been quite good so far this season. Sure enough, Friday starter Johnny Cueto stepped up and was one out shy of delivering a complete game. Cueto allowed just one run on four hits in his 8 ⅔ innings of work. While it took until the 7th inning for him to get any run support, San Fran did win the game 3-1. I expect them to win again Saturday, possibly by a much larger margin.

It’s now six straight games where Giants’ pitching has allowed four runs or fewer. Trying to extend that streak to seven will be Saturday starter Logan Webb. While his first start of 2021 was hardly one of the best we’ve seen from the Giants’ rotation thus far, he did allow only three runs in 5 ⅓. The problem was that he got zero run support and thus it ended up being a 4-0 loss to Seattle. Something else I discussed in yday’s analysis was the Rockies’ perennial offensive decline away from home. Well, yesterday was their first road game and we all saw what happened. Webb should be fine here.

It would be nice if the Giants could get their offense on track. Despite winning four of their last six games, they’ve topped three runs just one time in that stretch! On Saturday, they’ll be facing Chi Chi Gonzalez, who makes his first start of 2021 for the Rockies. His 2020 was not impressive. Over four outings, Gonzalez posted an 8.57 ERA and 1.757 WHIP. The two road starts were even worse (11.13 ERA, 2.297 WHIP). While Gonzalez didn’t factor into either decision, somehow the Rockies beat the Giants TWICE last year when he was on the mound. Don’t see it happening again. Colorado is only 42-70 L112 road games. Excluding ONE inning, Giants pitching has allowed all of 17 runs so far. 8* San Francisco