even though giants Three-time All-Star Brandon Crawford on the injured list, washington nationals It would be wise to fear the San Francisco shortstop as the club wraps up its three-game series on Wednesday afternoon
in one night when giants‘ Hottest hitter Thairo Estrada moved from shortstop to second base, national Casey Schmidt falls victim to historic major league debut in San Francisco’s 4-1 win Tuesday
When the 24-year-old Schmidt carried Patrick Corbin over the field fence in his second major league at-bat, Schmidt became the first major-league player since Will Clark’s famous 22-year-old The young giant who hit a home run in a major league game was against Nolan Ryan 37 years ago.
“I love Will. He’s a legend,” Schmidt said after the game. “It was surreal. It was amazing. Everything I hoped for.”
this national when giants It was hard to find Schmidt to tell him the big news on Monday.Turns out his Triple-A Sacramento team was on vacation, so he muted his phone while watching “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” in theaters
“I missed the first call,” he laughs. “And then our manager called about five minutes later. That was around the end of the credits, so I went out and took the call.”
If Schmidt goes 2-of-4 in his debut, if he gets another starting nod Wednesday, it will be against Josiah Gray (2-5, 3.03 ERA).this national right handed face giants Twice in his career, with 10 strikeouts in 10 innings
Three of those strikeouts came in a six-inning start last May in San Francisco, where the former Los Angeles Dodgers prospect will giants Won 11-5.He benefited from a five-game first-inning win streak, as Jack Irving did Monday when Washington won the series opener 5-1.
Gray, 25, had a 3.60 ERA in San Francisco’s 1-0 win.
this giants Will fight back against lefty Sean Manaea (1-1, 7.33 ERA), who like Gray has a brief but successful history against opponents
While pitching for the San Diego Padres, Manaia was playing against national In their only previous meeting, a 2-1 win at home last August, they conceded a run in seven innings
The 31-year-old made his sixth start of the season. He got his first win of the year against the Milwaukee Brewers on Friday, allowing four runs (three of his own) in five innings in a 6-4 win.
While it was difficult to score in the first two games of the series, the hit rate was high.this national 21 in two games, but only two hit extra bases — doubles from Alex Kaul on Monday and Joey Menezes on Tuesday
“We’re stuck in traffic all day. We can’t have that much success,” national manager David Martinez said after Tuesday’s loss. “(giants starter Logan) Webb is a good pitcher. He got tough. He made some really good changes when people were on base. We were hoping to throw some shots, but he held it down.
–Field-level media