7/30 Gamethread: Giants vs. Astros

Kevin Gausman vs. Framber Valdez.

On Thursday the San Francisco Giants, one of baseball’s best teams, finished a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, one of baseball’s best teams.

And now, a day later, the San Francisco Giants, still one of baseball’s best teams, start a series against the Houston Astros, one of baseball’s best teams.

Hopefully this goes as well as the last one.

It’s also likely to be the last game before the Kris Bryant era begins. Yeehaw!

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Game #103

Who: San Francisco Giants (64-38) vs. Houston Astros (63-40)
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

Buster Posey is back!

1. CF — Austin Slater (R) — .229/.301/.395 — 88 OPS+
2. C — Buster Posey (R) — .326/.416/.542 — 159 OPS+
3. RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .224/.318/.467 — 111 OPS+
4. 1B — Darin Ruf (R) — .262/.390/.538 — 150 OPS+
5. 3B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .253/.336/.438 — 109 OPS+
6. SS — Brandon Crawford (L) — .286/.365/.547 — 145 OPS+
7. 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .264/.323/.351 — 85 OPS+
8. LF — Thairo Estrada (R) — .317/.386/.492 — 138 OPS+
9. RHP — Kevin Gausman — 2.21 ERA, 2.99 FIP, 140 K and 37 BB in 122 IP

And here are the trash can bangers.

1. 2B — José Altuve (R) — .277/.357/.503 — 135 OPS+
2. RF — Michael Brantley (L) — .326/.379/.476 — 136 OPS+
3. 1B — Yuli Gurriel (R) — .316/.384/.477 — 138 OPS+
4. LF — Yordan Álvarez (L) — .284/.351/.515 — 137 OPS+
5. SS — Carlos Correa (R) — .274/.369/.480 — 134 OPS+
6. CF — Kyle Tucker (L) — .276/.330/.526 — 133 OPS+
7. 3B — Aledmys Díaz (R) — .288/.350/.448 — 120 OPS+
8. C — Martín Maldonado (R) — .181/.275/.307 — 62 OPS+
9. LHP — Framber Valdez — 2.97 ERA, 4.30 FIP, 60 K and 30 BB in 66.2 IP

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Notes

Kris Bryant is a Giant. Just thought I should remind you.

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Enjoy the baseball, friends.