6:10 pm
July 4

Giants @ Diamondbacks

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (40-37)

@ Arizona Diamondbacks (35-44)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Rodon (SF): 7-4; 2.62 ERA

Bumgarner (ARI) 3-8; 3.63 ERA

 

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (-190)

Arizona Diamondbacks: (+158)

 

• Left-hander Carlos Rodon will make the first start of his career against Arizona on Monday evening when the reeling San Francisco Giants open a three-game series with the Diamondbacks in Phoenix. Rodon (7-4, 2.62 ERA), who signed a two-year, $44 million free agent contract in March after pitching for the Chicago White Sox for seven seasons, has been one of the few bright spots lately for San Francisco. He has gone 3-0 with a 1.25 ERA in six June starts and is coming off a 4-3 win over Detroit that saw him allow one run on seven hits over six innings while striking out four on June 28.

• The Giants, who finished with the best record in the majors last season (107-55, .660) while finishing one game ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League West, are just three games over .500 (40-37) this season. They have lost four straight and are 3-10 over their last 13 games. Kapler said his team, which is in third place 8 1/2 games behind the Dodgers and five games behind second-place San Diego, isn’t ready to push the panic button.

• The Diamondbacks can relate. They’re 3-8 over their last 11 games and are coming off a 6-5 loss at Colorado on Sunday. Arizona led 5-0 in the fifth after David Peralta hit a 452-foot grand slam. Meanwhile, Zac Gallen held the Rockies hitless through five innings and came within one out of becoming the first visiting pitcher in the history of Coors Field to have back-to-back games of six or more shutout innings. He had tossed seven shutout innings in his previous start there on Aug. 21 last year. But C.J. Cron spoiled that record try with the first of his two three-run homers. The second came in the bottom of the eighth off reliever Noe Ramirez for what proved to be the game-winner.

• Left-hander Madison Bumgarner (3-8, 3.63 ERA), the 2014 World Series MVP for the Giants and one of the cornerstones of a San Francisco team that won three World Series (2010, 2012, 2014), will start for the Diamondbacks. Bumgarner, who signed a five-year, $85 million free agent contract with Arizona in December 2019, is 1-1 with a 3.94 ERA in three career starts against his old club.

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