Giants @ Dodgers

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (58-34)

@ Los Angeles Dodgers (58-36)

Starting Pitchers:

Wood (SF): 8-3; 3.67 ERA

Nunez (LAD) 0-1; 4.50 ERA

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (+125)

Los Angeles Dodgers: (-135)

• Josiah Gray is expected to make his much-anticipated major-league debut for the Los Angeles Dodgers when they host the San Francisco Giants in the second game of their four-game series on Tuesday night. The Giants won the series opener 7-2 Monday behind their bullpen, which allowed one hit over six shutout innings. The first-place Giants increased their lead over the Dodgers to two games in the National League West.

• Gray, a 23-year-old right-hander, was the Minor League Pitcher of the Year for the Dodgers in 2019 and remains their top pitching prospect. He was a second-round pick of the Cincinnati Reds in 2018 before coming to the Dodgers in a multi-player deal that included San Francisco left-hander Alex Wood, who is scheduled to oppose Gray on Tuesday.

• Roberts said after the loss on Monday that he plans to start an undetermined left-hander on Tuesday and then have Gray “pitch a good bit of the game.”

• Gray has thrown just 15 2/3 innings in the minors this season after dealing with right-shoulder impingement during the spring, going 1-1 with a 2.87 ERA. He most recently threw 68 pitches for Triple-A Oklahoma City on Thursday.

• The Giants welcomed back seven-time All-Star catcher Buster Posey on Monday night following his two-week absence because of a left-thumb injury, and he immediately showed his impact, blasting a two-run homer in his first at-bat to help San Francisco to a lead it never relinquished.

• The Giants learned earlier Monday that they’d be without veteran shortstop Brandon Crawford, who went on the injured list for the second time in his 11-year major-league career, this time because of a strained right groin, according to MLB.com. Crawford was selected to his third NL All-Star team this season.

• Thairo Estrada filled in for Crawford at shortstop and had a key two-run double that blew the game open in the Giants’ four-run seventh inning. Jason Vosler, who took Crawford’s roster spot, also contributed a sacrifice fly as a pinch hitter in the inning.

• The Dodgers also lost their starting shortstop on Sunday when Gavin Lux strained his hamstring while running out a ground ball in the ninth inning against the Colorado Rockies. “It’s going to take some time,” Roberts said of the injury.

• Dodgers center fielder Mookie Betts was scratched shortly before Monday’s game with right-hip irritation, but he pinch-hit in the ninth inning Monday and is expected back in the lineup on Tuesday. Betts also missed Sunday’s game with the injury.

• Wood (8-3, 3.67 ERA) is 0-2 against the Dodgers this season, with those starts coming six days apart in late May. He allowed four home runs in 12 innings in those games. He is 2-2 with a 2.80 ERA in seven lifetime appearances against the Dodgers, with 35 strikeouts in 35 1/3 innings. Dodgers outfielder AJ Pollock is 10-for-23 in his career against Wood, with two home runs.