Moneyline pick, best player prop for Phillies vs. Giants on Friday

The San Francisco Giants will head into a three-game home series with the Philadelphia Phillies with the best record in the MLB. The Giants finished off a four-game sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks to improve to 44-25, while the Phillies have won five of their last seven games to move to 33-33, 4.5 games back in the National League East.

Phillies vs. Giants, 9:45 p.m. ET, ESPN+

Moneyline pick: Phillies +112

We’re going with the underdogs in this spot, and the Phillies are worth the risk. They will start Vince Velasquez on the mound with a 2-1 record and 4.25 ERA through 13 appearances with nine starts. In his last time out, he allowed just two runs in five innings in a win over the New York Yankees. San Francisco will start Johnny Cueto with a 4-3 record and 4.00 ERA. In his last two starts, he has allowed nine runs in 9.2 innings of work in a pair of Giants losses.

Player Prop: TBD

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