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Game Date:
06/30/2016
10:05pm EST
Lines:
San Francisco -1.5
Oakland +1.5
Total:
Over
7.5 (-103)
Under 7.5 (-107)
Community Picks: San Francisco Giants 0% vs Oakland Athletics 0%
San Francisco Giants and Oakland Athletics Thread
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San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy is putting all his trust in Madison Bumgarner. Instead of using a designated hitter for the final game of their home-and-home series with the Oakland Athletics, Bochy is letting starter Bumgarner take his hacks in the lineup. Bochy said Bumgarner will hit tomorrow, no DH. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 10:36:am EST
In an effort to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of their Bay Area rivals, the San Francisco Giants will buck 40 years of baseball tradition. Giants ace left-hander Madison Bumgarner will start Thursday against the Oakland A's at the Oakland Coliseum, and he will bat in place of a designated hitter. Bumgarner will become the first starting pitcher to bat intentionally in place of a designated hitter since Ken Brett did so twice for the Chicago White Sox in 1976. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 4:15:am EST
Madison Bumgarner will get to hit for himself - even in an American League park. San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy says he plans to use his slugging pitcher instead of a designated hitter Thursday night when the Giants visit the Oakland Athletics. It will be the first time a team intentionally used a pitcher to hit instead of a DH since the Chicago White Sox allowed Ken Brett to do it in 1976 - the Rays were forced to bat pitcher Andy Sonnanstine in 2009 because of a lineup card mixup. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 3:28:am EST
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June 30, 2016 2:17:am EST
The Bay Bridge series has brought out the best of the Oakland Athletics and the worst of the San Francisco Giants. Jed Lowrie and Yonder Alonso each hit two-run homers and the A's took advantage of sloppy play from the Giants to win their third straight game in the series, 7-1 on Wednesday night. ''We always have this series marked on the calendar,'' Oakland manager Bob Melvin said. Continue to Article
June 30, 2016 1:59:am EST
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