5/13 Gamethread: Giants vs. Pirates

The San Francisco Giants are starting another four-game series, and this time they’re on the road taking on the Pittsburgh Pirates. East Coast baseball means early baseball.

Game #37

Who: San Francisco Giants (21-14) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (15-21)
When: 3:35 p.m. PT
Where: PNC Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available on fuboTV)
National broadcast: None
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM

Lineups

No Brandons for the Giants against a righty, due to some minor ailments (more in the notes).

1. LF — Mike Tauchman (L) — .228/.302/.351 — 86 OPS+
2. C — Buster Posey (R) — .385/.461/.731 — 234 OPS+
3. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .223/.324/.468 — 123 OPS+
4. 3B — Evan Longoria (R) — .263/.375/.474 — 141 OPS+
5. 2B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .200/.291/.311 — 72 OPS+
6. 1B — LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) — .333/.429/.500 — 164 OPS+
7. SS — Mauricio Dubón (R) — .212/.264/.318 — 65 OPS+
8. CF — Steven Duggar (L) — .226/.294/.355 — 85 OPS+
9. RHP — Anthony DeSclafani — 2.40 ERA, 3.34 FIP, 36 K and 10 BB in 41.1 IP

And here’s the Pirates bunch.

1. 2B — Adam Frazier (L) — .307/.380/.436 — 126 OPS+
2. SS — Kevin Newman (R) — .208/.238/.267 — 40 OPS+
3. CF — Bryan Reynolds (S) — .287/.383/.467 — 135 OPS+
4. C — Jacob Stallings (L) — .239/.368/.409 — 116 OPS+
5. RF — Gregory Polanco (L) — .200/.284/.341 — 73 OPS+
6. 3B — Erik González (R) — .216/.229/.310 — 48 OPS+
7. LF — Ben Gamel (L) — .167/.286/.178 — 30 OPS+
8. 1B — Will Craig — Season debut
9. RHP — Wil Crowe — 4.02 ERA, 4.50 FIP, 12 K and 9 BB in 15.2 IP

Notes

No Brandons: Brandon Belt and Brandon Crawford are out of the lineup due to minor ailments for very different things.

Vaccine threshold: As of today, the Giants have met the 85% vaccination threshold that will allow them to loosen restrictions. So if you hear the sound of pool balls in the clubhouse or see even fewer masks in the dugout, that’s why.

Enjoy the baseball, friends.