Giants at Phillies Prediction: Odds, expert picks, starting pitchers, betting trends and stats for April 17

Its Thursday, April 17 and the Giants (13-5) are in Philadelphia to wrap up their four-game series against the Phillies (10-8).

Jordan Hicks is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against Cristopher Sánchez for Philadelphia.

The Giants have taken two of the first three games of the series. San Francisco picked up 13 hits and scored 11 runs last night in an 11-4 win. Phillies’ ace Aaron Nola was uncharacteristically bad giving up nine hits and six earned runs in 5.1 innings.

Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

We’ve got all the info and analysis you need to know ahead of the game, including the latest info on the how to catch tipoff, odds, recent team performance, player stats, and of course, our predictions, picks & best bets for the game from our modeling tools and staff of experts.

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Game details & how to watch Giants at Phillies

• Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
• Time: 4:05PM EST
• Site: Citizens Bank Park
• City: Philadelphia, PA
• Network/Streaming: NBCSBA, NBCSP+

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Odds for the Giants at the Phillies

The latest odds as of Thursday:

• Moneyline: Giants (+143), Phillies (-171)
• Spread: Phillies -1.5
• Total: 8.0 runs

Probable starting pitchers for Giants at Phillies

• Pitching matchup for April 17, 2025: Jordan Hicks vs. Cristopher Sánchez
  • Giants: Jordan Hicks (1-1, 5.87 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/12 at Yankees – 4IP, 7ER, 8H, 3BB, 3Ks
  • Phillies: Cristopher Sánchez (1-0, 3.12 ERA)
    Last outing: 4/12 at St. Louis – 6.1IP, 1ER, 8H, 2BB, 3Ks

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Top betting trends & insights to know ahead of Giants at Phillies

• Bryce Harper is riding a 5-game hitting streak (6-19)
• Jung Hoo Lee has hits in 6 of his last 7 games for the Giants (11-28)
• The OVER has cashed in the last 3 games for Philly but only 7 times overall this season

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Expert picks & predictions for today’s game between the Giants and the Phillies

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Our model calculates projections around each moneyline, spread and over/under bet for every game on the MLB calendar based on data points like past performance, player matchups, ballpark information and weather forecasts.

Once the model is finished running, we put its projection next to the latest betting lines for the game to arrive at a relative confidence level for each wager.

Here are the best bets our model is projecting for Thursday’s game between the Giants and the Phillies:

• Moneyline: NBC Sports Bet is staying away from a play on the Moneyline.
• Spread: NBC Sports Bet is leaning towards a play ATS on the San Francisco Giants at +1.5.
• Total: NBC Sports Bet is recommending a play on the over on the Game Total of 8.0.

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