{"id":61179,"date":"2023-08-25T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/?p=61179"},"modified":"2023-08-25T10:45:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T14:45:08","slug":"giants-look-to-upset-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/25\/giants-look-to-upset-braves\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Look to Upset the Class of MLB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Giants and Braves Clash in Exciting Showdown at Oracle Park<\/h2>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/23\/phillies-take-on-giants-at-citizens-bank-park\/\" target=\"_self\">San Francisco Giants<\/a> will face off against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/2023\/08\/24\/braves-milestones-collecting-boulder\/\" target=\"_self\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> in an intense battle at Oracle Park. The Giants, with a record of 66-61, are currently standing strong in the National League West division. Led by their starting pitcher, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/webblo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Logan Webb<\/a>, who boasts a record of 9-9 and an impressive ERA of 3.36, the Giants will bring their A-game to secure a victory. On the other side, the Braves, with a remarkable record of 82-44, are leading the National League East division. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stridsp01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spencer Strider<\/a> will take the mound for the Braves, with an impressive record of 14-4 and a stellar ERA of 3.57. It&#8217;s a matchup of two powerhouse teams, vying for a crucial win.<\/p>\n<p>[pickup_prop id=&#8221;34525&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>The game is scheduled for today at 7:15 PM Pacific and will be broadcast on MLB Network. Fans can look forward to a thrilling showdown between the Giants and Braves as both teams showcase their skills and battle for supremacy on the field.<\/p>\n<h3>What to Watch for:<\/h3>\n<p>&#8211; The Giants will rely on their solid pitching rotation, headed by Logan Webb, to shut down the Braves&#8217; explosive offense.<br \/>\n&#8211; Keep an eye on the Braves&#8217; batting average leaders, Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/harrimi04.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Michael Harris II<\/a>. Their consistent hitting has been a key factor in the team&#8217;s success.<br \/>\n&#8211; The Giants&#8217; recent acquisition, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/dejonpa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Paul DeJong<\/a>, made a strong debut with a two-run home run and four RBI. Will he continue to contribute to the team&#8217;s offense?<br \/>\n&#8211; The Braves&#8217; powerful home run hitters, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=olsonma02,olson-006mat&amp;search=Matt+Olson&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Olson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/r\/rileyau01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Austin Riley<\/a>, and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr., will look to add to their impressive home run totals and provide a spark for their team.<br \/>\n&#8211; Both teams are dealing with several injuries. The Giants have players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/crawfbr01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brandon Crawford<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/yastrmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mike Yastrzemski<\/a> listed as day-to-day, while the Braves are missing players like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chaveje01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jesse Chavez<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/albieoz01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ozzie Albies<\/a>. How will these injuries impact the game?<\/p>\n<p>[metabet_core_game_tile query=&#8221;530628&#8243; size=&#8221;350&#215;300&#8243; site_id=&#8221;lastwordonsports&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h3>Injuries:<\/h3>\n<p><strong>San Francisco Giants:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=perezro02,perez-017rob&amp;search=Roberto+P\u00e9rez&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Roberto P\u00e9rez<\/a> (C, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/p\/polloaj01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">AJ Pollock<\/a> (DH, Oblique, D10), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/mathima01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Mathias<\/a> (2B, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/brebbjo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Brebbia<\/a> (RP, Lat, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hanigmi01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitch Haniger<\/a> (LF, Forearm, D60), Brandon Crawford (SS, Forearm, D10), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/szaputh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Thomas Szapucki<\/a> (RP, Arm, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/waiteco01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Cole Waites<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/d\/desclan01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Anthony DeSclafani<\/a> (SP, Elbow, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/stripro01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ross Stripling<\/a> (SP, Back, D15), Mike Yastrzemski (CF, Hamstring, D10)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Atlanta Braves:<\/strong> Jesse Chavez (RP, Shin, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=leedy01,lee---002dyl&amp;search=Dylan+Lee&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dylan Lee<\/a> (RP, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/c\/chiriyo01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Yonny Chirinos<\/a> (SP, Elbow, D15), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hillisa01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Hilliard<\/a> (CF, Heel, D10), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/m\/matzety01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tyler Matzek<\/a> (RP, Elbow, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/adriaeh01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ehire Adrianza<\/a> (2B, Elbow, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/w\/wrighky01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kyle Wright<\/a> (SP, Shoulder, Rehabbing), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/a\/allarko01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Kolby Allard<\/a> (SP, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/h\/hernada03.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Daysbel Hern\u00e1ndez<\/a> (RP, Forearm, D15), Ozzie Albies (2B, Hamstring, D10), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=anderni01,anders005nic&amp;search=Nick+Anderson&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Anderson<\/a> (RP, Shoulder, D60), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/y\/ynoahu01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-08-25_br\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Huascar Ynoa<\/a> (SP, Elbow, D60)<\/p>\n<p>Main photo credits:<\/p>\n<p>Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Giants and Braves Clash in Exciting Showdown at Oracle Park The San Francisco Giants will face off against the Atlanta Braves in an intense battle at Oracle Park. The Giants, with a record of 66-61, are currently standing strong in the National League West division. Led by their starting pitcher, Logan Webb, who boasts a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4389,"featured_media":61180,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21,31],"tags":[977,114,3037,5990,6252,3042,143,2600,1982,3820],"class_list":["post-61179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-braves","category-giants","tag-austin-riley","tag-brandon-crawford","tag-logan-webb","tag-matt-olson","tag-michael-harris-ii","tag-mike-yastrzemski","tag-ozzie-albies","tag-paul-dejong","tag-ronald-acuna-jr","tag-spencer-strider"],"modified_by":"Troy Brock","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=61179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/61179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/61180"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=61179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=61179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/baseball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=61179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}