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The Beat LA mission marches on. The San Francisco Giants took the first game on Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now they have a chance to do something special. A win tonight not only guarantees a minimum of a series split, but ensures that the Giants will leave LA with sole possession of first place in the NL West.
Let’s get it.
Game #94
Who: San Francisco Giants (I’m 59-34) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (58-37)
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
When: 7:10 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available on fuboTV)
National broadcast: MLB Network, out of market only (available on fuboTV)
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM
Lineups
I like these dudes.
- 1B — LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) — .250/.347/.500 — 129 OPS+
- C — Buster Posey (R) — .330/.420/.558 — 166 OPS+
- RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .235/.334/.478 — 120 OPS+
- 3B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .250/.330/.424 — 105 OPS+
- LF — Alex Dickerson (L) — .233/.307/.411 — 95 OPS+
- 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .274/.326/.365 — 90 OPS+
- CF — Mike Tauchman (L) — .182/.290/.289 — 60 OPS+
- SS — Thairo Estrada (R) — .343/.410/.486 — 145 OPS+
- LHP — Alex Wood — 3.67 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 87 K and 27 BB in 83.1 IP
Let’s put up a repeat #BeatLA performance.
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 20, 2021
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And here’s the Dodgers crew.
- SS — Chris Taylor (R) — .269/.371/.443 — 124 OPS+
- 3B — Justin Turner (R) — .304/.391/.512 — 148 OPS+
- 2B — Max Muncy (L) — .275/.416/.579 — 172 OPS+
- 1B — Albert Pujols (R) — .241/.282/.443 — 95 OPS+
- LF — AJ Pollack (R) — .282/.341/.531 — 136 OPS+
- CF — Cody Bellinger (L) — .164/.283/.276 — 56 OPS+
- C — Austin Barnes (R) — .200/.316/.315 — 76 OPS+
- RF — Zach McKinstry (L) — .241/.293/.453 — 103 OPS+
- LHP — Darien Núñez — 4.50 ERA, 3.92 FIP, 5 K and 0 BB in 4 IP
Tonight's #Dodgers lineup vs. Giants: pic.twitter.com/yBQc0LK43D
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 21, 2021
Notes
Dodger debut: The Dodgers are electing to use an opener tonight, but then will hand things over to 23-year old right-hander Josiah Gray, who will be making his MLB debut. Gray is the top prospect in the Dodgers organization, and has a 2.87 ERA and 3.97 FIP, with 22 strikeouts to 2 walks in 15.2 innings this year in AAA.
Enjoy the baseball, friends.
Beat LA.