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9/6 Gamethread: Giants vs. Diamondbacks

Johnny Cueto vs. Alex Young.

By Brady Klopfer

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MLB: San Francisco Giants at Arizona Diamondbacks Mark J. Rebilas-USA TODAY Sports

It’s time for Sunday day baseball! Something we’ve been getting almost every week, but it never gets old.

Game #41

Who: San Francisco Giants (19-21) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (15-25)
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
When: 1:05 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available through fuboTV)
National broadcast: None
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM

Lineups

Another right-handed heavy lineup for the Giants, with only one left-handed hitter.

  1. DH — Austin Slater (R) — .315/.422/.593 — 176 OPS+
  2. 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .328/.370/.472 — 131 OPS+
  3. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .297/.412/.588 — 172 OPS+
  4. 3B — Evan Longoria (R) — .294/.328/.484 — 121 OPS+
  5. 1B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .299/.345/.530 — 137 OPS+
  6. LF — Darin Ruf (R) — .255/.356/.431 — 117 OPS+
  7. SS — Daniel Robertson (R) — .375/.500/.375 — 148 OPS+
  8. CF — Mauricio Dubón (R) — .295/.337/.379 — 98 OPS+
  9. C — Chadwick Tromp (R) — .176/.185/.314 — 34 OPS+
    RHP — Johnny Cueto — 4.75 ERA, 4.44 FIP, 39 K and 16 BB in 41.2 IP

And here’s the DBacks crew.

  1. CF — Tim Locastro (R) — .229/.341/.314 — 78 OPS+
  2. DH — Kole Calhoun (L) — .186/.321/.419 — 96 OPS+
  3. LF — David Peralta (L) — .281/.333/.381 — 91 OPS+
  4. 3B — Eduardo Escobar (S) — .203/.284/.341 — 67 OPS+
  5. 2B — Josh Rojas (L) — .200/.294/.200 — 37 OPS+
  6. C — Stephen Vogt (L) — .138/.215/.259 — 27 OPS+
  7. SS — Nick Ahmed (R) — .239/.300/.377 — 80 OPS+
  8. 1B — Jake Lamb (L) — .100/.217/.125 — -4 OPS+
  9. RF — Jon Jay (L) — .129/.194/.258 — 20 OPS+
    LHP — Alex Young — 4.50 ERA, 5.57 FIP, 28 K and 10 BB in 28 IP

Notes

Cueto + Tromp: It’s starting to seem like Chadwick Tromp is Johnny Cueto’s personal catcher, with Joey Bart starting for everyone but Cueto.

That’s a rough lineup: Arizona is not starting a single player that is hitting better than league average, per OPS+. They’ll probably score 12 runs because I mentioned this, but yeesh.

More dinger opportunities: Yesterday I mentioned that the Giants could use the long ball against Madison Bumgarner, and they did. It applies again tonight to Alex Young, who has given up 7 home runs in just 28 innings. The Giants have a golden opportunity to hit the ball over the fence.

Enjoy the baseball, friends.

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