Pittsburgh Pirates (21-18, fourth within the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants (15-23, fifth within the NL West)
San Francisco; Saturday, 9:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft (1-2, 3.02 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); Giants: Landen Roupp (5-2, 3.18 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)
LINE: Pirates -116, Giants -104; over/underneath is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants take a 1-0 lead into the subsequent recreation of the sequence towards the Pittsburgh Pirates.
San Francisco is 15-23 general and Sept. 11 in house video games. The Giants are 10-2 in video games once they scored at the very least 5 runs.
Pittsburgh has a 21-18 document general and a 10-9 document in highway video games. The Pirates have a 13-6 document in video games once they scored at the very least 5 runs.
The groups play Saturday for the second time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Luis Arraez has seven doubles and two triples whereas hitting .314 for the Giants. Casey Schmitt is 11 for 38 with a triple and two house runs over the past 10 video games.
Brandon Lowe has eight doubles and 10 house runs for the Pirates. Konnor Griffin is 13 for 36 with three doubles, a triple and a house run over the previous 10 video games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 2-8, .216 batting common, 4.17 ERA, outscored by 22 runs
Pirates: 5-5, .255 batting common, 4.91 ERA, even run differential
INJURIES: Giants: Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Erik Miller: 15-Day IL (again), Jared Oliva: 60-Day IL (wrist), Harrison Bader: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Daniel Susac: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Butto: 60-Day IL (arm), Reiver Sanmartin: 60-Day IL (hip), Hayden Birdsong: 60-Day IL (forearm), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Randy Rodriguez: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Pirates: Jake Mangum: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Devenski: 15-Day IL (sickness), Jared Jones: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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