The San Francisco Giants welcome the Los Angeles Dodgers to Oracle Park tonight to begin a three-game series.
Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Justin Verlander, who enters tonight’s game with a 4.09 ERA, 3.64 FIP, with 120 strikeouts to 43 walks in 127.2 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 3-2 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday, in which he allowed just three hits with six strikeouts in six innings.
He’ll be facing off against Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who enters tonight’s game with a 2.72 ERA, 3.06 FIP, with 177 strikeouts to 50 walks in 155.1 innings pitched. His last start was in the Dodgers’ 4-3 loss to the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday, in which he allowed one run on one hit with 10 strikeouts and two walks in eight and two