The San Francisco Giants will try to avoid a sweep today in their series finale against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field.
Right-hander Justin Verlander is scheduled to start for the Giants. He enters the contest with a 3.94 ERA and a 3.74 FIP, having recorded 124 strikeouts and 47 walks across 134.2 innings. In his last start on Friday, a 5-1 walk-off victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, Verlander pitched seven innings, allowing one run on four hits with four strikeouts and four walks.
The Diamondbacks will counter with right-hander Brandon Pfaadt, who holds a 5.31 ERA and a 4.32 FIP. In 157.2 innings, he has accumulated 131 strikeouts against 34 walks. Pfaadt’s last outing was in a 9-8 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Friday, where he surrendered five runs on nine hits with two strikeouts and a walk in four and two-thirds innings.
Game #152
Who: San Francisco Giants (75-76) vs. Arizona Diamondbacks (77-75)
Where: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
When: 12:40 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
National broadcast: MLB Network (out-of-market only)
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
