#957/958 ASA TOP PLAY ON 10* Over 8.5 Runs – Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants, Thursday at 3:45 PM ET – The Dodgers Price has some good recent stats but he faced a Rockies team that ranks in the lower half of the majors for slugging percentage this season and that is despite playing their home games at hitter-friendly Coors Field. The Giants Cueto, in his last two starts, also has faced weaker lineups - Cardinals and Pirates - that rank 10th and 15th in NL (out of 15 teams!) in slugging percentage. Now this match-up for these hurlers involves the #1 NL ranked slugging percentage team in the Giants and the #3 ranked team in the Dodgers. Cueto struggled last season against the Dodgers and Price will be facing a tall task here with facing a solid Giants lineup off an 8-0 loss yesterday. The Dodgers lineup really came to life yesterday and showed, even with Mookie Betts out, this team is still very dangerous at the plate. The Giants had won 5 of 8 games and scored an average of 5 runs per game in the 5 victories before yesterday's shutout loss to a dominating Walker Buehler. Though Price has been solid, this will be his toughest test since coming back into the rotation and he is still trying to get stretched out in terms of working deeper into games. This total is in the 8.5 range and our computer math model shows this one getting into a range of about ten runs scored with each club enjoying success at the plate and having a solid shot of getting to 5 runs apiece which, of course, would mean at least 11 runs (6-5 final at a minimum) in this one. Bet the Over