The Dodgers at 74 against San Francisco's 27 is the price of a class gap, not a coin toss. Los Angeles sits at 90-58, second in the NL behind Milwaukee, while the Giants are 62-87 and buried in the NL West, so this is a contender hosting a team playing out the string. The one thing that dents the Dodgers side is late-September lineup management, with a division and seeding largely settled and rest becoming a priority, which is exactly when a favorite rests a regular and a lesser opponent steals a game. Backing the Giants at 27 is a trade on that specific lineup card, plus whichever arm San Francisco runs out, rather than on the season-long gap closing.
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