Yankees at Giants
The San Francisco Giants will see a familiar face in the opposing dugout Friday when they begin a three-game series against the visiting New York Yankees. Outfielder Cameron Maybin, who spent time in camp with the Giants during spring training, was acquired in a trade from Cleveland on Thursday and could see immediate playing time in New York’s injury-plagued outfield.
The Yankees saw their six-game winning streak come to an end with Thursday’s 11-5 loss to the Los Angeles Angels despite three hits from Luke Voit, who has reached base safely in a career-high 36 straight games. The Yankees have 13 players on the injured list, including outfielder Clint Frazier, who is batting .324 and hopes to return in two weeks after suffering a left ankle sprain in Monday’s win over the Angels. San Francisco is beginning a six-game homestand after going 4-4 during a three-city road trip and may need to find more at-bats for third baseman Pablo Sandoval, who has homered in back-to-back games and provided a much-needed spark for the Giants’ anemic offense. “He’s a good hitter,” manager Bruce Bochy told reporters. “The ball jumps off his bat. He's the one guy who is finding the barrel consistently.”
TV: 10:15 p.m. ET, YES (New York), NBCS Bay Area (San Francisco)
PITCHING MATCHUP: Yankees LH James Paxton (2-2, 3.10 ERA) vs. Giants LH Madison Bumgarner (1-3, 3.66)
Paxton has been masterful over his last two starts, allowing no runs and five hits with 24 strikeouts in 14 innings while lowering his ERA from 6.00 to 3.10. The 30-year-old Canadian is just the second pitcher in franchise history to record 12 or more strikeouts in back-to-back starts. Paxton is making his first career appearance against San Francisco but has enjoyed success against Kevin Pillar (3-for-14) and Yangervis Solarte (2-for-12).
Bumgarner gave up four runs in the first inning last Friday against Pittsburgh before settling in and blanking the Pirates over the next five frames. The four-time All-Star has pitched at least six innings in each of his first five starts while posting a 30-to-5 strikeout-to-walk ratio over 32 innings. DJ LeMahieu is 11-for-44 with a home run against Bumgarner, who allowed two runs over seven innings in his only previous start versus the Yankees on July 22, 2016.
WALK-OFFS
1. Yankees 3B Miguel Andujar (shoulder) will play in an extended spring training game on Friday and could be activated from the injured list next week.
2. The Giants have gone scoreless in the first inning in each of their first 25 games.
3. The teams are meeting for the first time since July 22-24, 2016, when New York took two of three at Yankee Stadium.