The San Francisco Giants had a chance to win the first two games of the National League Divisional Series against the Chicago Cubs, but they came up short. Well, they have an opportunity to put their best foot forward on Monday night as they send Madison Bumgarner to the mound for Game 3, beginning at 9:35 PM ET at AT&T Park. This game will be televised live by Fox Sports-1, and while BetAnySports customers are watching it, they have a chance to place wagers on it, as they access the wonders of Live Betting Ultra.

Bumgarner threw a brilliant complete game shutout against the New York Mets in the NL Wild Card Game, and that reinforced his reputation as the ultimate big-game pitcher in the sport today. Jake Arrieta is the starter for the Cubs, and he is perfectly capable of turning in a classic effort, and he has held the opposition to a .203 batting average on the road.

The Giants, of course, have won world championships in 2010, 2012 and 2014, and even though that doesn't necessarily mean they are going to meet with success here, they nonetheless know how to get it done and are not going to be beaten from a psychological standpoint.

In the baseball playoff betting odds posted on this game by the folks at BetAnySports, the Giants and Bumgarner are laying a small price:

San Francisco Giants (Bumgarner - L) -125
Chicago Cubs (Arrieta - R) +115

Under 6 Runs -115
Over 6 Runs -105

Bumgarner's gem against the Mets means that he now has a 0.79 ERA in his last nine appearances in the post-season, and that is amazing. All told, he is 8-3 with a 1.94 ERA for his career in the playoffs and World Series.

None of this is lost on the Cubs' manager, Joe Maddon, who has compared him to Bob Gibson and Sandy Koufax as far as his exploits in post-season play. I hope the kids that are really watching right now understand how good this guy is and how it parallels throughout baseball history, what he's doing right now."

Maddon has seen some of Bumgarner's brilliance up close; in fact, this season, the guy they call "MadBum" yielded just two runs and eight hits in 13-2/3 innings in two starts against one of the most prolific offenses in baseball, fanning twelve batters.

And BetAnySports patrons should know that Arrieta has been pretty hard to hit for the Giants; in 13 innings over HIS two starts against San Francisco, he has permitted three runs on eight hits.

Its should say something about the overall strength of the Cubs that Arrieta, the 2015 NL Cy Young winner, is their #3 starter here. Last season it got to the point where he was basically unhittable - his 22-6 record and 1.77 ERA (with a 0.87 WHIP) don't even tell the whole story. He surrendered two runs and 30 hits over his last 67 innings of work, and that included a no-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Arrieta "slumped" to an 18-8 mark and 3.10 ERA this year, and he threw more wild pitches (a league-leading 16) than in his previous three seasons combined. In his last start (September 28) he got banged around pretty hard, giving up seven runs in five innings against Pittsburgh. The Cubs have supported him with an average of slightly under six runs per start. Do you think they'll be able to produce that much against Bumgarner?

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