8/12 Gamethread: Giants vs. Rockies

The Giants welcome the Colorado Rockies to Oracle Park tonight as they begin a four game series against their fourth place division rivals.

Taking the mound for the Rockies is Germán Márquez, who enters tonight’s game with a 3.42 ERA, 3.30 FIP, with 141 strikeouts to 49 walks in 136 innings pitched. His last start was against the Marlins, where he went six innings, allowing only two hits and zero runs, striking out seven.

The Giants have seen a fair amount of Márquez and hit fairly well against him. Brandon Belt has a .429 average against him in 28 at bats, with a home run and seven RBI, so he’ll be batting clean-up today. Alex Dickerson, Brandon Crawford, Buster Posey, and Mike Yastrzemski all have strong numbers and home runs against him as well, so this could spell trouble for Márquez, though Posey isn’t in the line-up.

The Giants will counter with Logan Webb, who will enter tonight’s game with a 3.19 ERA, 3.32 FIP, with 82 strikeouts to 24 walks in 79 innings pitched. Webb also had a strong showing in his last appearance, going six innings against the Brewers, allowing three hits and one earned run, striking out nine.

Lineups

Giants

1. LaMonte Wade, Jr., RF
2. Tommy La Stella, 2B
3. Kris Bryant, 3B
4. Brandon Belt, 1B
5. Brandon Crawford, SS
6. Mike Yastrzemski, CF
7. Curt Casli, C
8. Alex Dickerson, LF
9. Logan Webb, RHP

Rockies

1. Connor Joe, LF
2. Ryan McMahon, 3B
3. Trevor Story, SS
4. Charlie Blackmon, RF
5. C.J. Cron, 1B
6. Sam Hilliard, CF
7. Garrett Hampson, 2B
8. Dom Nuñez, C
9. Germán Márquez, RHP

Game #115

Who: San Francisco Giants (73-41) vs. Colorado Rockies (51-63)

Where: Oracle Park, San Francisco, California

When: 6:45 p.m. PT

Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available on fuboTV)

National broadcast: None

Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM