6/25 Gamethread: Giants vs. A’s

It’s a pretty exciting weekend for San Francisco Giants baseball. A new series is beginning, against a good Oakland A’s team. It’s the weekend. It’s Mike Yastrzemski bobblehead night on Saturday.

And tonight is the return of full capacity at the most beautiful baseball park in the world.

Programming note: No recap tonight. Sorry for the lack of them lately. They’ll return to normal on Monday.

Game #75

Who: San Francisco Giants (48-26) vs. Oakland Athletics (46-31)
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

It’s the righty hitter lineup for the Giants.

1. LF — Austin Slater (R) — .211/.294/.375 — 86 OPS+
2. 1B — Darin Ruf (R) — .253/.377/.517 — 148 OPS+
3. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .233/.333/.490 — 127 OPS+
4. 3B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .261/.333/.436 — 114 OPS+
5. SS — Brandon Crawford (L) — .254/.343/.535 — 141 OPS+
6. 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .272/.321/.371 — 94 OPS+
7. C — Curt Casali (R) — .169/.296/.241 — 53 OPS+
8. CF — Mauricio Dubón (R) — .237/.276/.382 — 82 OPS+
9. RHP — Johnny Cueto — 4.05 ERA, 3.97 FIP, 47 K and 11 BB in 60 IP

And here’s the A’s, starring former Giant Skye Bolt.

1. LF — Tony Kemp (L) — .292/.408/.467 — 150 OPS+
2. 3B — Matt Chapman (R) — .225/.324/.391 — 103 OPS+
3. 1B — Matt Olson (L) — .302/.383/.605 — 176 OPS+
4. CF — Ramón Laureano (R) — .258/.338/.507 — 137 OPS+
5. C — Sean Murphy (R) — .227/.333/.448 — 121 OPS+
6. 2B — Jed Lowrie (S) — .242/.324/.375 — 99 OPS+
7. SS — Elvis Andrus (R) — .229/.274/.302 — 65 OPS+
8. RF — Skye Bolt (S) — .143/.143/.286 — 18 OPS+
9. LHP — Sean Manaea — 3.01 ERA, 3.06 FIP, 89 K and 21 BB in 86.2 IP

Notes

No Gerald: Buster Posey was initially in the lineup and hitting cleanup, but was a late scratch due to back tightness.

Enjoy the baseball, friends.