Patrick Bailey crushed a walk-off, three-run homer with no outs in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night, producing the only scoring of the San Francisco Giants' 3-0 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates.
Rookie right-handers off to impressive starts hope to continue rolling at the other's expense when Jared Jones and the Pittsburgh Pirates face Keaton Winn and the host San Francisco Giants on Sunday.
Giants: Jordan Hicks (2-0, 1.61 ERA, 0.93 WHIP, 18 strikeouts) BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Pirates come into the matchup with the San Francisco Giants as losers of three in a row. San Francisco has an 8-6 record at home and a 13-14 record overall.
A few weeks after being traded by the Giants, former No. 2 overall draft pick Joey Bart is back in San Francisco and will face his old team for the first time Friday.
Simple math would suggest that scoring earlier would help the San Francisco Giants. San Francisco’s starting pitchers are putting together a breezy roll that includes a 0.95 ERA over the past seven games,
The Pirates make the trip to San Francisco to face the Giants. These two teams have been playing well with the Brewers being one of the best teams in the NL and then the Pirates have been solid as well,