Gallen, Diamondbacks to face Wood, Giants
Arizona Diamondbacks (35-78, fifth in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (71-41, first in the NL West)
San Francisco; Tuesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Diamondbacks: Zac Gallen (1-6, 4.62 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 75 strikeouts) Giants: Alex Wood (9-3, 4.03 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 110 strikeouts)
LINE: Giants -222, Diamondbacks +180; over/under is 7 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Arizona Diamondbacks travel to take on the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.
The Giants are 35-17 on their home turf. San Francisco hitters have posted a team on-base percentage of .321 this season, led by Buster Posey with a mark of .410.
The Diamondbacks are 14-43 on the road. Arizona has slugged .372 this season. Pavin Smith leads the team with a .416 slugging percentage, including 32 extra-base hits and nine home runs.
The Giants won the last meeting 5-4. Tyler Rogers earned his third victory and Kris Bryant went 3-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI for San Francisco. Tyler Gilbert took his first loss for Arizona.
TOP PERFORMERS: Mike Yastrzemski leads the Giants with 43 extra base hits and is batting .222.
Smith leads the Diamondbacks with 32 extra base hits and 36 RBIs.
LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 7-3, .262 batting average, 3.77 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs
Diamondbacks: 3-7, .213 batting average, 5.93 ERA, outscored by 28 runs
INJURIES: Giants: Dedniel Nunez: (elbow), Reyes Moronta: (right flexor), Anthony DeSclafani: (shoulder), Evan Longoria: (shoulder).
Diamondbacks: Luke Weaver: (shoulder), Noe Ramirez: (covid-19), Seth Frankoff: (forearm), Chris Devenski: (elbow), Stuart Fairchild: (covid-19), Josh Rojas: (finger).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.