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And so begins a very difficult, very important, and very exciting series.
Game #45
Who: San Francisco Giants (23-21) vs. San Diego Padres (28-17)
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
When: 6:10 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available through fuboTV)
National broadcast: None
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM
Lineups
Plenty of righties for the Giants, against a righty.
- RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .297/.402/.576 — 165 OPS+
- LF — Alex Dickerson (L) — .273/.347/.555 — 143 OPS+
- 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .340/.382/.518 — 145 OPS+
- 1B — Brandon Belt (L) — .324/.423/.629 — 184 OPS+
- DH — Wilmer Flores (R) — .291/.338/.520 — 131 OPS+
- 3B — Evan Longoria (R) — .291/.324/.470 — 115 OPS+
- SS — Brandon Crawford (L) — .262/.338/.410 — 105 OPS+
- C — Joey Bart (R) — .283/.348/.367 — 98 OPS+
- CF — Mauricio Dubón (R) — .290/.333/.393 — 99 OPS+
RHP — Trevor Cahill — 2.65 ERA, 4.47 FIP, 20 K and 11 BB in 17 IP
Thursday night in San Diego.
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) September 10, 2020
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And here’s the Padres lineup, which has some new faces since the last time these teams met. It also features someone the Giants played in the 2010 World Series.
- CF — Trent Grisham (L) — .269/.354/.474 — 124 OPS+
- SS — Fernando Tatis Jr. (R) — .303/.399/.640 — 178 OPS+
- 3B — Manny Machado (R) — .306/.374/.584 — 157 OPS+
- 1B — Mitch Moreland (L) — .287/.380/.628 — 164 OPS+
- C — Austin Nola (R) — .301/.374/.545 — 153 OPS+
- RF — Wil Myers (R) — .302/.370/.524 — 165 OPS+
- 2B — Jake Cronenworth (L) — .323/.379/.551 — 151 OPS+
- DH — Jorge Oña (R) — .000/.250/.000 — -22 OPS+
- LF — Jurickson Profar (S) — .237/.314/.393 — 92 OPS+
RHP — Chris Paddack — 4.75 ERA, 4.59 FIP, 48 K and 9 BB in 47.1 IP
First of four against SF.#FriarFaithful pic.twitter.com/zjfFiJV04W
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) September 10, 2020
Notes
Roster moves: In case you missed it, the Giants made a flurry of moves on Thursday. Gone are Pablo Sandoval (waived) and Rico Garcia (optioned). Back is Drew Smyly, and in for the first time is Justin Smoak.
Welcome to the orange and black, Justin Smoak. #SFGiants pic.twitter.com/AP1TV8kraK
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) September 10, 2020
Missing Padres: San Diego is without Tommy Pham and Eric Hosmer, as the two sluggers are both injured. Still a potent lineup, though.
How deep are the #Padres? They have Wil Myers and .323-hitting rookie Jake Cronenworth hitting 6-7 in a lineup missing Hosmer and Pham. #sfgiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) September 10, 2020
Enjoy the baseball, friends.