5/10 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rangers

And so begins the first of a two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and Texas Rangers. If the Giants don’t win tonight, they can’t win the series.

Who invented these silly two-gamers? Anyway, baseball!

Game #35

Who: San Francisco Giants (20-14) vs. Texas Rangers (18-18)
When: 6:45 p.m. PT
Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area+ (available on fuboTV)
National broadcast: None
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM

Lineups

Lotta lefties for the Giants.

1. LF — Mike Tauchman (L) — .245/.286/.377 — 88 OPS+
2. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .216/.310/.455 — 115 OPS+
3. C — Buster Posey (R) — .400/.471/.760 — 245 OPS+
4. 1B — Brandon Belt (L) — .226/.354/.484 — 137 OPS+
5. 3B — Evan Longoria (R) — .281/.385/.506 — 152 OPS+
6. SS — Brandon Crawford (L) — .233/.323/.500 — 131 OPS+
7. 2B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .205/.295/.325 — 77 OPS+
8. CF — Steven Duggar (L) — .269/.345/.423 — 118 OPS+
9. LHP — Alex Wood — 1.96 ERA, 3.10 FIP, 22 K and 5 BB in 23 IP

And here’s the Rangers crew.

1. SS — Isiah Kiner-Falefa (R) — .290/.333/.455 — 120 OPS+
2. 2B — Nick Solak (R) — .277/.353/.467 — 129 OPS+
3. 1B — Nate Lowe (L) — .287/.374/.478 — 139 OPS+
4. CF — Adolis García (R) — .297/.339/.604 — 159 OPS+
5. RF — Joey Gallo (L) — .229/.381/.407 — 123 OPS+
6. LF — Khris Davis (R) — .200/.200/.200 — 14 OPS+
7. 3B — Charlie Culberson (R) — .310/.347/.521 — 141 OPS+
8. C — Jonah Heim (S) — .140/.208/.349 — 54 OPS+
9. RHP — Kyle Gibson — 2.40 ERA, 3.05 FIP, 35 K and 13 BB in 41.1 IP

Enjoy the baseball, friends.