The San Francisco Giants will open a three-game set against the Minnesota Twins on Monday at 9:45 p.m. ET, with Blade Tidwell set to face Bailey Ober in the opener.
San Francisco enters the series at 64-90 and is led by Jung Hoo Lee. Minnesota comes in at 72-82, with Brooks Lee in the lineup for the Twins.
The rest of the matchup lines up like this: Tuesday at 9:45 p.m. ET brings Anthony Molina against Zebby Matthews, and Wednesday’s 3:45 p.m.
ET finale features César Perdomo versus Taj Bradley. All three games will air on NBCS-BA and Twins.TV.
Both clubs are carrying long injured lists into the series.
For the Giants, Nate Furman is on the 10-day IL with an oblique injury, Marcelo Mayer is out with a forearm issue, and Willy Adames is sidelined by an elbow injury. The 15-day group includes Reiver Sanmartin with an oblique injury, J.T. Brubaker with ribs, and Logan Webb with a finger injury.
The 60-day IL is even longer for San Francisco, with Carson Whisenhunt, Hayden Birdsong, Randy Rodriguez, Joel Peguero, Matt Gage, Jesús Rodríguez, Daniel Susac, Trevor McDonald, Keaton Winn, Jose Butto, Casey Schmitt, Rowan Wick, Adrian Houser, Matt Chapman, Rafael Devers, and Harrison Bader all listed. Bryce Eldridge is day-to-day with a head injury.
Minnesota’s list is shorter but still notable. Byron Buxton is on the 10-day IL with a hip injury, Trevor Larnach is out with a wrist injury, and Kaelen Culpepper is dealing with a hamstring injury. On the 60-day IL, the Twins have Pablo Lopez, David Festa, Cole Sands, Mike Paredes, Anthony Banda, and Mick Abel.
Over the last 10 games, the Giants have gone 5-5, while the Twins are 4-6. San Francisco has hit 12 home runs to Minnesota’s 9 in that span, and the Giants have posted a .249 average compared with the Twins’ .214. The Giants also hold the edge in OBP at .320 to .276 and SLG at .399 to .337.
On the mound, San Francisco has a 4.05 ERA over its last 10 games, just behind Minnesota’s 4.16. The Twins have the better opponent batting average at .229, compared with the Giants’ .244, and Minnesota has generated more strikeouts per nine innings at 9.2 to 6.7.
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