San Francisco Giants pitcher Alex Wood hopes that he won’t have to give up the ball to manager Gabe Kapler as seen here in Tue Jun 1, 2021 photo when Wood pitched against the Los Angeles Angels. Wood gets the start tonight at Oracle Park against the Arizona Diamondbacks (AP News photo)

On the Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 The Washington Nationals (27-35) came out early getting early runs one in the first and three in the second that helped them towards a 5-0 win over the San Francisco Giants (40-25)

#2 Giants Johnny Cueto showed signs of struggling to start Sunday’s contest at Nationals Park. Cueto pitched five plus, giving up nine runs and four earned runs.

#3 The Nats certainly got help at the plate from left fielder Kevin Schwarber who connected for two home runs including a three run homer in the first inning.

#4 The Nats also got brilliant starting pitching from Joe Ross who pitched eight innings surrendering five hits and throwing nine strikeouts to shutout the Giants.

#5 The Giants come home to face the Arizona Diamondbacks (20-46) on Monday night the D-Backs will start Matt Peacock (2-3 ERA 5.24) and the Giants will start Alex Wood (5-3 ERA 3.79) a 6:45pm PDT start at Oracle Park in San Francisco

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