Marlins Begin West Coast Series with Giants

The Miami Marlins will open a three-game series with the San Francisco Giants at Oracle Park starting on Friday night. Miami is coming off a series with the Colorado Rockies in which they earned a series split.

San Francisco has lost two games in a row and they are 5-5 in their last 10 games. They will look to keep their playoff hopes alive as they currently sit at six and a half games behind the third spot in a tight National League wild-card race.

As for pitching matchups, right-hand pitcher Adam Oller (1-1, 5.23 ERA) will pitch for the Marlins in his third start of the season. He last pitched on Aug. 25 against the Chicago Cubs, going five and two-thirds innings allowing a run on four hits, and striking out six batters. He was the winning pitcher in that game.

Oller’s counterpart will be Giants southpaw ace pitcher Blake Snell (2-3, 3.76 ERA). He will make his 16th start of the season. His last outing came against the Seattle Mariners on Aug. 24, going just three innings allowing two runs and six walks without a hit. He didn’t factor in the decision in that game.

Here are the lineups for both teams

Miami Marlins
1.) 3B Connor Norby
2.) DH Jake Burger
3.) 1B Jonah Bride
4.) LF Derek Hill
5.) 2B Otto Lopez
6.) RF David Hensley
7.) SS Vidal Bruján
8.) CF Cristian Pache
9.) C Nick Fortes
SP Adam Oller

San Francisco Giants
1.) RF Mike Yastrzemski
2.) LF Heliot Ramos
3.) DH Michael Conforto
4.) 3B Matt Chapman
5.) C Patrick Bailey
6.) SS Tyler Fitzgerald
7.) 1B LaMonte Wade Jr.
8.) 2B Casey Schmitt
9.) CF Grant McCray
SP Blake Snell

How to watch

The first pitch is scheduled for 10:15 p.m. ET. Marlins fans can watch the game on Bally Sports Florida and nationally on MLB Network (out-of-market only). They can also listen to it on FOX Sports 940AM (WINZ) and WAQI 710.