7/23 Gamethread: Giants vs. Pirates

Johnny Cueto vs. Chad Kuhl.

On we move with a new series. Smells good, doesn’t it?

The San Francisco Giants are back at home, and taking on a Pittsburgh Pirates team that is struggling in a big way. Hopefully they can capitalize.

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Game #97

Who: San Francisco Giants (61-35) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (36-60)
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

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Lineups

Here’s the Orange Friday crew.

1. 1B — LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) — .252/.342/.511 — 130 OPS+
2. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .237/.331/.498 — 124 OPS+
3. C — Buster Posey (R) — .326/.418/.544 — 162 OPS+
4. LF — Alex Dickerson (L) — .233/.303/.418 — 95 OPS+
5. 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .270/.323/.361 — 88 OPS+
6. 3B — Jason Vosler (L) — .207/.299/.431 — 97 OPS+
7. SS — Thairo Estrada (R) — .333/.412/.511 — 152 OPS+
8. CF — Steven Duggar (L) — .276/.351/.459 — 120 OPS+
9. RHP — Johnny Cueto — 4.01 ERA, 4.04 FIP, 70 K and 16 BB in 83 IP

And here’s the Pirates.

1. 2B — Adam Frazier (L) — .327/.390/.453 — 131 OPS+
2. 3B — Ke’Bryan Hayes (R) — .273/.351/.422 — 111 OPS+
3. CF — Bryan Reynolds (S) — .306/.390/.519 — 147 OPS+
4. LF — Ben Gamel (L) — .257/.330/.443 — 110 OPS+
5. 1B — John Nogowski (R) — .412/.474/.549 — 180 OPS+
6. RF — Gregory Polanco (L) — .203/.281/.371 — 77 OPS+
7. C — Jacob Stallings (R) — .243/.326/.417 — 102 OPS+
8. SS — Kevin Newman (R) — .209/.249/.269 — 42 OPS+
9. RHP — Chad Kuhl — 4.31 ERA, 5.31 FIP, 45 K and 33 BB in 56.1 IP

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Enjoy the baseball, friends.