San Francisco faces Oakland, looks to build on Gausman's strong outing

Updated Jun. 25, 2021 3:20 a.m. ET

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Oakland Athletics (46-31, second in the AL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (48-26, first in the NL West)

San Francisco; Friday, 9:45 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Athletics: Sean Manaea (6-3, 3.01 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 89 strikeouts) Giants: Johnny Cueto (5-3, 4.05 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 47 strikeouts)

LINE: Giants -100, Athletics -116; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: San Francisco heads into the matchup after a strong showing by Kevin Gausman. Gausman threw seven innings, surrendering one run on four hits with nine strikeouts against Los Angeles.

The Giants are 24-10 on their home turf. San Francisco has hit an MLB-leading 111 home runs this season, Brandon Crawford leads them with 16 homers.

The Athletics are 21-13 in road games. Oakland's team on-base percentage of .319 is fourth in the American League. Matt Olson leads the club with an OBP of .379.

TOP PERFORMERS: Mike Yastrzemski leads the Giants with 31 extra base hits and is batting .233.

Olson leads the Athletics with 78 hits and has 53 RBIs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 8-2, .304 batting average, 3.48 ERA, outscored opponents by 27 runs

Athletics: 6-4, .266 batting average, 4.61 ERA, outscored opponents by 12 runs

INJURIES: Giants: Logan Webb: (shoulder), Aaron Sanchez: (bicep), Dedniel Nunez: (elbow), Reyes Moronta: (right flexor), Tyler Beede: (elbow), Jaylin Davis: (left knee), Evan Longoria: (shoulder), Tommy La Stella: (hamstring).

Athletics: J.B. Wendelken: (left oblique), Trevor Rosenthal: (chest), Mike Fiers: (right elbow), Stephen Piscotty: (wrist).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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Aaron Sanchez

Kevin Gausman

Evan Longoria

Sean Manaea

Mike Fiers

Mike Yastrzemski

Johnny Cueto

Tommy La Stella

Matt Olson

Dedniel Núñez

Logan Webb

Jaylin Davis

Brandon Crawford

J.B. Wendelken

Stephen Piscotty

Reyes Moronta

Tyler Beede

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