{"id":783853,"date":"2026-05-09T08:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783853\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T08:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T08:18:14","slug":"san-francisco-giants-and-pittsburgh-pirates-play-in-game-2-of-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/783853\/","title":{"rendered":"San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates play in game 2 of series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> (21-18, fourth in the NL Central) vs. San Francisco Giants<\/a> (15-23, fifth in the NL West)<\/p>\n

San Francisco; Saturday, 9:05 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

PITCHING PROBABLES: Pirates: Braxton Ashcraft<\/a> (1-2, 3.02 ERA, 1.08 WHIP, 45 strikeouts); Giants: Landen Roupp<\/a> (5-2, 3.18 ERA, 1.06 WHIP, 43 strikeouts)<\/p>\n

LINE: Pirates -116, Giants -104; over\/under is 7 1\/2 runs<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants take a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n

San Francisco is 15-23 overall and 9-11 in home games. The Giants are 10-2 in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh has a 21-18 record overall and a 10-9 record in road games. The Pirates have a 13-6 record in games when they scored at least five runs.<\/p>\n

The teams play Saturday for the second time this season.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Luis Arraez<\/a> has seven doubles and two triples while hitting .314 for the Giants. Casey Schmitt<\/a> is 11 for 38 with a triple and two home runs over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Brandon Lowe<\/a> has eight doubles and 10 home runs for the Pirates. Konnor Griffin<\/a> is 13 for 36 with three doubles, a triple and a home run over the past 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Giants: 2-8, .216 batting average, 4.17 ERA, outscored by 22 runs<\/p>\n

Pirates: 5-5, .255 batting average, 4.91 ERA, even run differential<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Giants: Sam Hentges: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Erik Miller: 15-Day IL (back), Jared Oliva<\/a>: 60-Day IL (wrist), Harrison Bader<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Daniel Susac<\/a>: 10-Day IL (elbow), Jose Butto<\/a>: 60-Day IL (arm), Reiver Sanmartin<\/a>: 60-Day IL (hip), Hayden Birdsong<\/a>: 60-Day IL (forearm), Jason Foley<\/a>: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Randy Rodriguez<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow), Rowan Wick<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

Pirates: Jake Mangum<\/a>: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Chris Devenski: 15-Day IL (illness), Jared Jones<\/a>: 60-Day IL (elbow)<\/p>\n

——<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive<\/a> and data from Sportradar<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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