San Francisco Giants Host The Oakland Athletics – Pre-Game And Lineups 3/21
The San Francisco Giants will host the Oakland Athletics tonight at 6:35pm PT and will be broadcasted on CSN Bay Area. This is the fourth and final time this spring the two Bay Area teams will meet in Arizona. They will play three exhibition games next Thursday and Friday at AT&T Park and Saturday at Oakland Coliseum.
Catch the @SFGiants in more #SFGSpring action at 6:35 pm PT on KNBR 680 and @MLBTV: pic.twitter.com/EgoStV6T9U
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) March 21, 2014
Yusmeiro Petit will start for the Giants against Oakland’s #2 starter, Sonny Gray. Petit had a rough start in the beginning of spring training but has done well in his recent outings. He holds a 7.88 ERA in 8 innings pitched but has not allowed an earned run in his last 3 games.
Angel Pagan returns after experiencing back tightness for most of this week. Michael Morse also is in tonight after missing more than a week with a sore calf. Marco Scutaro received an epidural injection in his back yesterday so Ehire Adrianza is starting at 2B tonight.
Pagan and Morse return tonight, as expected. Adrianza starts at 2B. #SFGiants
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) March 21, 2014
Both Brandon Hicks (.394 BA) and Juan Perez (.313 BA) are battling for backup positions at 2B and LF. They’ve certainly been making the Giants coaches look twice at their impressive spring stats.
IF Brandon Hicks and OF Juan Perez are tied for the Cactus League lead with seven doubles. #SFGiants
— San Francisco Giants (@SFGiantsFans) March 22, 2014
Lineups
Tonight's #SFGiants lineup - Pagan CF, Crawford SS, Belt 1B, Pence RF, Morse LF, Sanchez C, Arias 3B, Adrianza 2B and Petit RHP
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) March 21, 2014
The #Athletics lineup for tonight at the #SFGiants at 6:35 (A's Radio Network). pic.twitter.com/o6VDj280nv
— Oakland A's (@Athletics) March 21, 2014
In other news today, the Giants have optioned Jake Dunning and Brett Bochy.
#sfgiants have optioned Jake Dunning.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) March 21, 2014
Slow stream of guys walking out on cutdown day: Dunning, Brett Bochy and Reifer so far.
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) March 22, 2014
Don’t miss Inside The Clubhouse tonight right after the game!
Don't miss tonight's #SFGiants INSIDE the CLUBHOUSE, immediately after the #SFGiants vs #Athletics Game http://t.co/I4ZYs1tpOU
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) March 22, 2014