7:10 pm
August 11

Phillies @ Giants

Who will WIN this matchup?

Philadelphia Phillies (60-57)

@ San Francisco Giants (58-60)

 

Starting Pitchers:

Arrieta (PHI): 8-8; 4.41 ERA

Menez (SF) 0-1; 5.73 ERA

 

Last 10 Games Played:

Philadelphia Phillies: 4-6

San Francisco Giants: 3-7

 

Current odds:

Philadelphia Phillies: (-102)

San Francisco Giants: (-106)

 

• The Giants rode strong pitching performances by Madison Bumgarner and Jeff Samardzija to wins Thursday and Saturday that sandwiched a 9-6 loss on Friday night.

• Harper went from villain to shackled in less than a 24-hour span, belting two homers in the Friday win before striking out in the ninth inning as the potential tying run in Saturday’s 3-1 loss.

• The Giant assigned to silence Harper to start Sunday’s game will be left-hander Conner Menez (0-1, 5.73 ERA), who has never faced Harper or the Phillies. He’s the Giants’ latest fill-in for Johnny Cueto, who has been making progress in a minor-league injury rehab and could return by month’s end.

• The Phillies will counter with right-hander Jake Arrieta (8-8, 4.41), who pitched the first four innings of a 10-2 win over the Giants last week. The veteran did not get a decision in the game and has now gone six straight starts without a win, recording a 0-2 record and 4.34 ERA. He’s faced the Giants nine times in the regular season, going 5-3 with a 2.57 ERA, and has prime-time experience at Oracle Park, where he threw six innings (six hits, two runs) in a 6-5 loss for the Chicago Cubs against the Giants in the 2016 NLDS.

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