1:10 pm
April 21

Giants @ Mets

Who will WIN this matchup?

San Francisco Giants (8-4)

@ New York Mets (9-4)

 

Starting Pitchers:

DeSclafani (SF): 0-0; 4.32 ERA

Carrasco (NYM) 0-0; 0.84 ERA

 

Current odds:

San Francisco Giants: (+113)

New York Mets: (-133)

 

• The starting line-up for the Giants is as follows:

 

• The starting line-up for the Mets is as follows:

 

• Brandon Belt’s best birthday as a big-leaguer helped provide the rest of the San Francisco Giants a bit of a gift: the opportunity to earn a series split against the New York Mets. The Giants scored three first-inning runs and Belt, who turned 34 on Wednesday, homered in the second inning as San Francisco earned a 5-2 win. The hit was the first on his birthday for Belt, who was 0-for-18 before going deep off Chris Bassitt.

• The victory came less than 24 hours after the Mets completed a doubleheader sweep of the Giants. New York took the Tuesday opener 5-4 in 10 innings before Max Scherzer and a pair of relievers limited the Giants to two hits in a 3-1 win in the nightcap.

• The Wednesday win ensured the Giants wouldn’t be swept for the first time since they dropped a two-game series to the Los Angeles Dodgers last June 28-29 — a span of 30 series.

• The Mets still haven’t swept an opponent since taking a two-game set from the Miami Marlins last Aug. 30-Sept. 1.

• The Mets are expected to take the field Thursday with manager Buck Showalter again watching from the dugout. Showalter missed the Wednesday game after undergoing a medical procedure earlier in the day. New York was managed by a committee consisting of pitching coach Jeremy Hefner, hitting coach Eric Chavez and coordinator of coaching development and instruction Dick Scott, who was unofficially filling the role of bench coach Glenn Sherlock while the latter is on the COVID-19 list.

• Neither DeSclafani nor Carrasco factored into the decision in their most recent start last Saturday. DeSclafani allowed two runs over 4 2/3 innings as the Giants beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-2, while Carrasco tossed five scoreless innings in the Mets’ 3-2 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks.

• DeSclafani is 0-3 with a 5.40 ERA in seven career appearances (six starts) against the Mets. Carrasco is 0-2 with a 3.00 ERA in four lifetime starts against the Giants.

4/10
Confidence
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New York Mets
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