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The Dodgers got off to a blistering start this season, sitting at 15-4 through their first 19 games, but have seen that record slide to 16-8 after losing four out of the last five games in Colorado (10-15) and San Francisco (11-13). The offense has disappeared against the Giants, scoring just one run in 18 innings, and they haven’t scored since the fourth inning in the series opener. The pitching has been largely excellent, with Yoshinobu Yamamoto throwing seven innings while allowing three earned runs which should’ve been limited to one with better defensive play behind him. Shohei Ohtani added six scoreless innings last night bringing his ERA on the season down to 0.38, but Jack Dreyer promptly served up a three-run shot to Patrick Bailey who had a .362 OPS heading into yesterday’s game, the second lowest mark among 240 batters with at least 60 plate appearances. Dreyer has been quite good this year besides two poor outings, both of which have come after Ohtani throws a gem unfortunately. Today’s game will feature Tyler Glasnow looking to continue the Dodgers’ dominant pitching, while hoping the offense can put some runs on the board against Logan Webb. The offense couldn’t figure out Landen Roupp or Tyler Mahle, so now they have to hit Webb.
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| 12:45 P.M. | San Francisco | ||
| DH | Ohtani (L) | SS | Adames |
| 1B | Freeman (L) | 2B | Arraez (L) |
| LF | T. Hernández | 3B | Chapman |
| RF | Tucker (L) | 1B | Devers (L) |
| 3B | Muncy (L) | LF | Ramos |
| CF | Pages | RF | Lee (L) |
| C | Rushing (L) | DH | Brennan (L) |
| SS | Kim (L) | CF | Gilbert (L) |
| 2B | Freeland (S) | C | Bailey (S) |
| P | Glasnow (R) | P | Webb (R) |
The Giants keep things almost identical, with the lone switch being the left-handed Will Brennan starting at DH over Casey Schmitt. The Giants haven’t exactly been lighting up the Dodgers’ pitching staff, scoring just three runs in each of the first two games, but it’s been enough to secure two wins.
The Dodgers also run out a similar lineup as last night, but with Kyle Tucker and Freddie Freeman swapping spots in the order, and with Alex Freeland replacing Miguel Rojas at second base. They’ll take any sort of production from anyone at any spot in the order today.
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Here’s how Glasnow and Webb have fared thus far.
Glasnow has been dominant through his first four starts of the season, most recently allowing one run on two hits and two walks over seven innings with seven strikeouts against the Rockies, earning his second win of the season. That outing lowered his season ERA to 3.24, but his underlying numbers are among the best in the sport. His ERA is what it is due to some very poorly timed home runs that he’s allowed, something that balances out during the course of the entire year. Here’s how he ranks among 86 qualified starters in the following metrics, 2.58 FIP (18th), 2.87 xFIP (12), 2.61 xERA (8), 2.86 SIERA (9), 24.2% K-BB% (7), and seventh in WHIP at 0.84. He’s been a top ten starter by nearly every metric aside from his actual ERA, and if his improved command stays, there’s no reason this is unsustainable for him.
Webb has been the ace of the Giants’ staff for the past five seasons, but has been off to a very rough start despite still logging innings with the best of them. He’s averaging six innings per start despite having a 5.40 ERA and giving up a handful of runs in nearly every outing this year. He had a real stinker to start the year against the Yankees where he allowed six earned runs in five innings, but hasn’t exactly been flawless since then either. He followed that outing up with back-to-back quality starts, but has given up four earned runs in each of his last two outings against the Orioles and Nationals. He’s allowing more hard contact than usual, but the majority of it is still on the ground with a 58.7% groundball rate in line with his career average of 57.2%. His batting average allowed on balls in play of .319 is also in line with his career mark of .316, and while his strikeout rate and walk rate have regressed from his career bests in 2025, they’re still in line with his 4-win seasons that have earned him top-10 Cy Young results. He’s allowed more hard contact than usual, but the sequencing seems to not be going his way, as he’s stranded just 59.7% of the baserunners he’s allowed, well below his career average of 71.6% and the fourth worst mark among 86 qualified starters. Odds are that he’ll get back on track sometime soon, and the offense needs to find a way to scratch a few runs across before his luck starts turning around.
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In other news,
No real issues here. Freddie Freeman has been hitting well and Tucker hasn’t. Tucker will come out of it and be a huge threat at the cleanup spot.
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First pitch is at 12:45 PT on SNLA.
