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7/31 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rangers

Logan Webb vs. Mike Minor.

By Brady Klopfer

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Ahh, the start of a new series, full of fresh opportunity and hope. Let’s do it.

Game #8

Who: San Francisco Giants (3-4) vs. Texas Rangers (2-3)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
When: 6:10 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available through fuboTV)
National broadcast: ESPN2
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM

Lineups

Against a left-handed pitcher, the Giants are going extremely right-handed, with eight of their nine batters hitting from the right side. The only exception is Mike Yastrzemski, who bats third. That tells you everything you need to know about how well he’s hitting.

And Hunter Pence, who is 0-18, hits cleanup, which should tell you how confident they still are in him.

  1. RF — Austin Slater (R) — .500/.667/.500 — 238 OPS+
  2. 1B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .308/.296/.423 — 102 OPS+
  3. CF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .423/.531/.808 — 274 OPS+
  4. LF — Hunter Pence (R) — .000/.056/.000 — -83 OPS+
  5. 3B — Evan Longoria (R) — .250/.200/.250 — 27 OPS+
  6. 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .500/.476/.850 — 268 OPS+
  7. DH — Darin Ruf (R) — .300/.364/.300 — 91 OPS+
  8. C — Chadwick Tromp (R) — .000/.000/.000 — -100 OPS+
  9. SS — Mauricio Dubón (R) — .167/.167/.222 — 9 OPS+
    RHP — Logan Webb — 2.25 ERA, 3.58 FIP, 2 Ks and 1 BB in 4.0 IP

And Chris Woodward’s lineup:

  1. LF — Shin-Soo Choo (L) — .077/.200/.077 — -15 OPS+
  2. CF — Nick Solack (R) — .308/.308/.308 — 77 OPS+
  3. 2B — Rougned Odor (L) — .176/.333/.412 — 112 OPS+
  4. RF — Joey Gallo (L) — .211/.318/.526 — 135 OPS+
  5. 1B — Todd Frazier (R) — .267/.389/.600 — 177 OPS+
  6. DH — Willie Calhoun (L) — .000/.000/.000 — -100 OPS+
  7. SS — Elvis Andrus (R) — .235/.381/.235 — 83 OPS+
  8. C — Robinson Chirinos (R) — .125/.222/.125 — 4 OPS+
  9. 3B — Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) — .250/.400/.500 — 155 OPS+
    LHP — Mike Minor — 1.80 ERA, 1.28 FIP, 6 Ks and 1 BB in 5.0 IP

Notes

BB9 out: Brandon Belt returned to the lineup on Thursday, and drew three walks. It remains to be seen if he’ll be platooned, because he’s resting tonight more due to soreness in the heel that kept him in the Injured List to start the year.

Orange Friday: No fans, no problem.

Enjoy the baseball everyone.

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