6/12 Doubleheader Game 1 Gamethread

Today two of my favorite things meet one of my least favorite things.

In one corner, the favorites: brunch baseball, and a double dose of baseball.

In the other corner, the least favorite: seven-inning baseball games.

I’m conflicted. Either way, the San Francisco Giants could find themselves with a big advantage today. The Washington Nationals were forced into a bullpen game on Friday when Max Scherzer was injured in the first inning. The Giants, on the other hand, got a complete game shutout from Anthony DeSclafani.

The Giants are running with their ace, Kevin Gausman for Game 1, so you would expect that they’ll have limited bullpen usage. Then they have a bullpen game for the second half of the doubleheader, and almost everyone should be available.

Reminder: it’s a split doubleheader, not a traditional one, so the second game is at 4:15 p.m. PT rather than right after the conclusion of the first game.

Game #63

Who: San Francisco Giants (39-23) vs. Washington Nationals (25-34)
When: 11:05 a.m. PT
Where: Nationals Park, Washington D.C.
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available on fuboTV)
National broadcast: None
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM

Lineups

The Giants lineup looks so much nicer with Mike Yastrzemski in it.

1. LF — LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) — .260/.362/.460 — 131 OPS+
2. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .222/.332/.456 — 121 OPS+
3. C — Buster Posey (R) — .340/.413/.595 — 182 OPS+
4. 1B — Brandon Belt (L) — .230/.351/.452 — 126 OPS+
5. SS — Brandon Crawford (L) — .261/.351/.551 — 151 OPS+
6. 2B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .226/.311/.346 — 86 OPS+
7. CF — Mike Tauchman (L) — .183/.299/.286 — 67 OPS+
8. 3B — Jason Vosler (L) — .171/.216/.457 — 84 OPS+
9. RHP — Kevin Gausman — 1.27 ERA, 2.21 FIP, 93 K and 16 BB in 77.2 IP

And here’s the crew that will look for their first run of the series.

1. LF — Kyle Schwarber (L) — .218/.312/.404 — 101 OPS+
2. SS — Trea Turner (R) — .304/.350/.475 — 131 OPS+
3. RF — Juan Soto (L) — .274/.406/.452 — 143 OPS+
4. 1B — Josh Bell (S) — .219/.277/.420 — 94 OPS+
5. 2B — Josh Harrison (R) — .257/.335/.366 — 99 OPS+
6. 3B — Starlin Castro (R) — .244/.295/.312 — 73 OPS+
7. C — Alex Avila (L) — .176/.344/.314 — 89 OPS+
8. RHP — Erick Fedde — 4.35 ERA, 4.42 FIP, 36 K and 18 BB in 39.1 IP
9. CF — Andrew Stevenson (L) — .231/.290/.319 — 73 OPS+

Enjoy the baseball, friends.