Pre-game & lineups 6/22: San Francisco Giants look to take series from Diamondbacks
By Denise Walos
Jun 21, 2014; Phoenix, AZ, USA; San Francisco Giants infielder Joe Panik (12) leads off of second base during his MLB debut against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field. The Giants won 6-4. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
The Giants will look to take the series from the Diamondbacks today at 1:05pm PT. Madison Bumgarner (8-4, 2.85 ERA) will be on the mound for the Giants while Mike Bolsinger (1-2, 5.70 ERA) will get a start replacing Bronson Arroyo who was placed on the DL earlier this week.
Here’s how the Diamondbacks match up against Bumgarner.
The excitement for the Giants today is the start of Joe Panik, who has been a top prospect tearing it up this season for Triple-A Fresno. He had his first major league pinch hit at bat last night, drawing a walk. He will be starting at second base today and batting seventh.
On Tuesday, Bolsinger was called up from Triple-A Reno to take Bronson Arroyo‘s place on the roster. The Giants haven’t faced Bolsinger in the past. He did pitch in five games for the Dbacks earlier in the season, going 1-2 with a 6.08 ERA before being sent back to Triple-A Reno.
Lineups
#SFGiants Starting Lineup 6.22
— SFGiants (@SFGiants) June 22, 2014
Blanco CF
Pence RF
Posey C
Panda 3B
Crawford SS
Colvin LF
Panik 2B
Arias 1B
Bumgarner P
6/22 @Dbacks lineup vs. SF
— MLB Replays (@MLBReplays) June 22, 2014
Inciarte CF
Prado 3B
Goldshmidt 1B
Hill 2B
Montero C
Ross LF
Kieschnick RF
Gregorius SS
Bolsinger P
In other news, Michael Morse has a minor back injury/issue and will not be in the lineup today. Keeping fingers crossed for both him and Angel Pagan who will both be missed both in the outfield and at the plate.
Bochy not ready to put Pagan on DL, have him miss next 8 games, even though he's unavailable. Morse said he could play OF today if needed.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) June 22, 2014
I’m predicting Pagan will most likely head to the DL tomorrow. But Bochy is still saying otherwise.
Juan Perez is going to SF, not meeting Fresno in Round Rock. So he could rejoin Giants in case a DL move is made with Pagan.
— Andrew Baggarly (@extrabaggs) June 22, 2014
Bochy: "We think (Pagan) has made enough improvement to give us hope he'll be ready next few days."
— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) June 22, 2014
In happier news, Brandon Belt is looking good out there taking ground balls.
Belt the lone #sfgiants player on the field now, taking grounders. #sfgiants pic.twitter.com/JSUJXuY4c1
— Henry Schulman (@hankschulman) June 22, 2014