Pre-game and Lineups 8/14 Giants @ Nationals
Timmy Lincecum (6-11, 4.18 ERA) will take the mound vs Jordan Zimmermann (13-6, 3.10 ERA) on Wednesday for game 2 of the Giants at Nationals. The Giants (52-66) are currently 15 games back of the Dodgers. The Nationals (58-60) are 14 games back of the Atlanta Braves and 8.5 back of the wild card. The Nats currently hold a 4-game winning streak.
Marco Scutaro is back in the lineup after back soreness yesterday (only hitting .222 in the lead-off spot for the Giants) but Joaquin Arias (4-4 last night, .289) is surprisingly not. Apparently the Giants are waiting for Pablo Sandoval (1-4 last night, .256 BA) to ‘get hot’ again? I ask that as a question because I really have no idea what they’re thinking. FYI- The Giants are .175 with RISP in August.
For the Nats, Bryce Harper will be starting today. He was out of the game yesterday with the flu.
Here are the line-ups for game two of the three game series:
Tonight's #SFGiants lineup - Scutaro 2B, Crawford SS, Belt 1B, Posey C, Pence RF, Sandoval 3B, Kieschnick LF, Blanco CF and Lincecum RHP
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) August 14, 2013
#Nats 8/14 vs. SF:@thisisdspan CF
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) August 14, 2013
Zim 3B@Bharper3407 LF
Werth RF@IanDesmond20 SS
LaRoche 1B
Rendon 2B@kurtsuzuki C
Zimmermann RHP
Word around is that Brett Pill is taking ground balls at third base and also left field. We’ll see how that story unfolds if Francoeur and Kieschnick don’t start hitting.
Bochy said Brett Pill will get more work in LF. Almost entered on a double switch last night. Left unsaid: Francoeur is epically struggling.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) August 14, 2013