Giants vs Marlins lands on Sunday with Logan Webb set to start for the San Francisco Giants against Ryan Gusto and the Miami Marlins at loanDepot park at 1:40 p.m. ET. The matchup also comes with a clear batting snapshot: Jung Hoo Lee and Otto Lopez enter as the two hitters carrying the best averages mentioned in the preview.
Webb is listed as the Giants' starter, while Gusto is the expected starter for Miami. That gives the game its clearest shape before first pitch, and it gives readers the pitching matchup they need before they decide whether to tune in.
Jung Hoo Lee And Otto Lopez
Lee is batting.331 and Lopez is at.332, the top two numbers cited in the preview. Lopez holds the league lead in that split, with Lee one point behind him, so the matchup is built around two hitters entering the same game at almost the same level.
For the Giants, that comparison comes with a larger problem. San Francisco is 31-45 and sits fourth in the NL West, so Webb has to carry a staff role in a season where the standings leave little margin for another flat start.
San Francisco Giants And Miami
The Marlins come in at 39-38 and fourth in the NL East. That record is better than San Francisco's, but the gap in the standings does not change the immediate task: Miami still has to line up behind Gusto against a Giants team that is trying to keep pace with a starter who has handled the ball before.
Jung Hoo Lee and Otto Lopez give this game its most direct offensive comparison, and the injury lists around them help explain why the preview leans on those bats. Harrison Bader, Heliot Ramos, Tyler Mahle, Keaton Winn, Rowan Wick, Jose Butto, Jason Foley, Joel Peguero, Randy Rodriguez, Hayden Birdsong, and others are on IL, while Liam Hicks is day-to-day with a back injury.
loanDepot park At 1:40 p.m. ET
The useful part for a reader is simple: the game is set for Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET at loanDepot park, with Webb and Gusto named at the top of the matchup. The watch guide also says betting, ticketing and streaming links are provided by partners of The Athletic, and the guide was created using technology provided by Data Skrive.
Whether Webb takes the ball as listed and whether either side makes any last-minute roster changes before first pitch will shape the final look of the game, but the preview already gives the key names and the time. That is enough to know what to watch when Giants vs Marlins starts Sunday afternoon.
