Kai-Wei Teng vs. Nick Pivetta
The San Francisco Giants continue this four-game series against the San Diego Padres tonight from Petco Park.
Taking the mound for the Giants will be right-hander Kai-Wei Teng, who enters today’s game with a 9.90 ERA, 5.52 FIP, with eight strikeouts to eight walks in 10 innings pitched. His last start was in the Giants’ 11-1 loss to the Padres last Wednesday, in which he allowed seven runs (six earned) on four hits with four walks in one and two thirds innings.
He’ll be facing off against Padres right-hander Nick Pivetta, who enters today’s game with a 2.87 ERA, 3.27 FIP, with 144 strikeouts to 36 walks in 141.1 innings pitched. His last start was also in last Wednesday’s game, in which he fared quite a bit better, allowing just the one run on three hits with five strikeouts and a walk in six innings.
Game #126
Who: San Francisco Giants (61-64) vs. San Diego Padres (69-56)
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
When: 6:40 p.m. PT
Regional broadcast: NBC Sports Bay Area
National broadcast: MLB Network (out-of-market only)
Radio: KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM, KSFN 1510 AM
Category: General Sports