This is an 8* on SAN FRANCISCO

The Giants are 2 for 2 in this series with the Marlins as they continue to get exemplary starting pitching, particularly at home. Friday starter Alex Wood allowed a leadoff home run, but then retired 21 of the next 22 hitters he faced and didn’t give up another hit. That effort came on the heels of a 3-0 shutout on Thursday. The team is now 7-1 at home where they are allowing only 2.0 runs/game. Four of SF’s last six wins have come in shutout form, two of those against Miami. It’s Kevin Gausman’s turn Saturday and he comes in with a 2.75 ERA and 0.97 WHIP. He’s allowed one run or less in three of his four starts and the last one was six shutout innings at Philadelphia. The Giants are allowing the fewest number of runs/game in all of baseball right now. Miami’s Pablo Lopez, winless this year, has made just one start on the road and it went poorly with him allowing six runs on nine hits. Lopez did pitch well at home vs. SF last weekend, but still lost the game 1-0. He doesn’t figure to pitch as well here while the Giants pitching just isn’t giving up much of anything right now. Play on SAN FRANCISCO

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