Alex Wood vs. Darien Núñez.
The Beat LA mission marches on. The San Francisco Giants took the first game on Monday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and now they have a chance to do something special. A win tonight not only guarantees a minimum of a series split, but ensures that the Giants will leave LA with sole possession of first place in the NL West.
Let’s get it.
Game #94
Who: San Francisco Giants (I’m 59-34) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (58-37)
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
When: 7:10 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area (available on fuboTV)
National broadcast: MLB Network, out of market only (available on fuboTV)
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM
Lineups
I like these dudes.
- 1B — LaMonte Wade Jr. (L) — .250/.347/.500 — 129 OPS+
- C — Buster Posey (R) — .330/.420/.558 — 166 OPS+
- RF — Mike Yastrzemski (L) — .235/.334/.478 — 120 OPS+
- 3B — Wilmer Flores (R) — .250/.330/.424 — 105 OPS+
- LF — Alex Dickerson (L) — .233/.307/.411 — 95 OPS+
- 2B — Donovan Solano (R) — .274/.326/.365 — 90 OPS+
- CF — Mike Tauchman (L) — .182/.290/.289 — 60 OPS+
- SS — Thairo Estrada (R) — .343/.410/.486 — 145 OPS+
- LHP — Alex Wood — 3.67 ERA, 3.75 FIP, 87 K and 27 BB in 83.1 IP
Let’s put up a repeat #BeatLA performance.
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#ResilientSF | @CocaCola pic.twitter.com/3n22sochcL— SFGiants (@SFGiants) July 20, 2021
And here’s the Dodgers crew.
- SS — Chris Taylor (R) — .269/.371/.443 — 124 OPS+
- 3B — Justin Turner (R) — .304/.391/.512 — 148 OPS+
- 2B — Max Muncy (L) — .275/.416/.579 — 172 OPS+
- 1B — Albert Pujols (R) — .241/.282/.443 — 95 OPS+
- LF — AJ Pollack (R) — .282/.341/.531 — 136 OPS+
- CF — Cody Bellinger (L) — .164/.283/.276 — 56 OPS+
- C — Austin Barnes (R) — .200/.316/.315 — 76 OPS+
- RF — Zach McKinstry (L) — .241/.293/.453 — 103 OPS+
- LHP — Darien Núñez — 4.50 ERA, 3.92 FIP, 5 K and 0 BB in 4 IP
Tonight’s #Dodgers lineup vs. Giants: pic.twitter.com/yBQc0LK43D
— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) July 21, 2021
Notes
Dodger debut: The Dodgers are electing to use an opener tonight, but then will hand things over to 23-year old right-hander Josiah Gray, who will be making his MLB debut. Gray is the top prospect in the Dodgers organization, and has a 2.87 ERA and 3.97 FIP, with 22 strikeouts to 2 walks in 15.2 innings this year in AAA.
Enjoy the baseball, friends.
Beat LA.