San Francisco Giants’ Alex Cobb pitches against the Philadelphia Phillies during the first inning of a baseball game in San Francisco, Friday, Sept. 2, 2022. Cobb makes his first start of 2023 against the New York Yankees on Sat Apr 1, 2023 at Yankee Stadium in New York (AP News file)

Giants Look Ahead to Game Two Against Yankees

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (0-1) will spend the weekend with the New York Yankees (1-0). Thursday night the Giants dropped their season opener at Yankee Stadium 5-0. Aaron Judge got the party going in the first inning with his first at bat in this young season. He launched a sizzling 422 feet home run picking up where he left off in 2022. This was the first time that the two clubs had ever met on opening day.

This Saturday San Francisco will meet New York in game two of the series at 1:05 PM. Alex Cobb will take the mound for the Giants and Clarke Schmidt will get the nod for New York. Thairo Estrada had a couple of hits for the Giants in game one of this series and will be aiming for more.

San Francisco will be looking for their first run of the season in game two. Early hits and first up on the scoreboard would be a great place to start in this second game of the season. Although there is rain in the forecast, they should be intermittent and there should be a nice window that will accommodate nine innings of baseball.

The Giants came off the 2022 season on a very disappointing note. They want to establish the team as post season contenders in 2023 something that did not materialize last season. The Giants right now do not have a superstar although the team was attached last winter to a couple; Aaron Judge and Carlos Correa. Judge remained in New York and made his presence loud and clear Thursday night.

Right now there are a lot of issues in the lineup and a lot of these guys are getting older. Their pitching staff is a good one but it will be months down the road before there is any indication of just where this team will be at the end of July.

Right now all that looms on the horizon for the Giants is tomorrow’s matchup with the injury ridden New York Yankees.