San Francisco Giants Patrick Bailey belts a home run in the bottom of the fifth inning at Oracle Park in San Francisco against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sat Apr 20, 2024 (AP News photo)

On Headline Sports podcast with Bruce Magowan:

#1 Stephen, The San Francisco Giants (13-15) are on their longest homestand of 2024 they opened with the Arizona Diamondback, New York Mets and now closing up the series with the Pittsburgh Pirates today.

#2 The Giants on the nine game homestand thus far are hitting .240 with 34 runs scored and their getting pitching has an 4.06 ERA.

#3 Stephen have to ask you about catcher Patrick Bailey whose hitting .309, with 3 home runs, and ten RBIs and is seventh best amongst MLB catchers with a .887 OPS.

#4 Stephen, talk about Blake Snell after three starts he’s on the 15 day IL. Snell with an 11.57 ERA. He struggled in those first three starts and had to come out of his last start suffering from adductor strain. The Giants put a lot of stock in him with a big contract.

#5 The Giants will embark on an 11 game road trip they’ll head to Boston starting Tuesday night for three games, then in Philadelphia for four games starting on Friday and concluding the road trip in Colorado for three games next week Tuesday. Talk about how you like the Giants chances against the Red Sox, Phillies and Rockies?

Stephen Ruderman is a podcast contributor at http://www.sportsradioservice.com

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