Giants @ Reds

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (24-21)

@ Cincinnati Reds (16-30)

Starting Pitchers:

Cobb (SF): 3-2; 6.25 ERA

Mahle (CIN) 2-5; 6.32 ERA

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (-149)

Cincinnati Reds: (+127)

• The starting line-up for the Giants is as follows:

• The starting line-up for the Reds is as follows:

• After winning just three times in their first 25 games, the Cincinnati Reds are suddenly playing with confidence as they host the San Francisco Giants in the finale of the three-game series Sunday. Aristides Aquino recorded his fifth outfield assist to end Saturday’s 3-2 win over the Giants, Cincinnati’s fourth straight. After a 5-4 road trip through Pittsburgh, Cleveland and Toronto, the Reds secured a winning record on their seven-game homestand.

• The Giants, on the other hand, are struggling, having dropped nine of 13 and the first two on a 10-game road trip.

• Reds outfielder Tommy Pham will be serving the third and final game of his MLB suspension for slapping Joc Pederson in the face in the outfield during batting practice before Friday’s game. Pham said the dustup concerned transactions in a fantasy football league last year and a group chat about Pham’s former team, the Padres.

• Alex Cobb (3-2, 6.25) heads to the mound in the second game of the series. The 34-year-old veteran makes his eighth start of the season, looking to put his last two starts behind him.

• In his start on May 17 at Colorado, Cobb was hit hard for seven earned runs on 10 hits in 5 1/3 innings. But he still earned the victory as San Francisco’s bats came alive in a 10-7 win. He wasn’t as fortunate last Monday as the Mets tagged him for six earned runs on 10 hits over six innings in San Francisco’s 13-3 loss.

• Cobb is making just his third career start against the Reds, a team he has dominated in his two previous outings. Cobb is 2-0 with a 1.29 ERA, allowing just two runs on 12 hits over 14 innings, striking out 11 and walking just two.

• The Reds counter with right-hander Tyler Mahle (2-5, 6.32). After back-to-back quality starts, Mahle was tagged for a career-high eight runs on nine hits in just four-plus innings against the Cubs in Tuesday’s 11-4 loss.

• Mahle will have to solve the Giants, a franchise that has given him fits over his career. Mahle is 0-3 with a 9.18 ERA in four starts, including May 20, 2021, when Mahle was charged with seven runs on seven hits in just two innings of a 19-4 San Francisco win.