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Posted at 12:30 PM EST.

10:05 PM EST. This one sets up beautifully for the Giants. For one, they’re playing the role of the spoiler now and making life miserable for contenders is highly motivating. Secondly, Madison Bumgarner will make his fifth start since coming off the 60-day DL and he’s getting progressively better with each start. In 25 innings over his previous four starts, Bumgarner has a BB/K split of 5/21 with an ERA/xERA of 2.84/3.27. Bumgarner will now face Arizona's below average away offense (.702 OPS-23rd). The Diamondbacks are a bottom-five offense vs. LHP, and their lineup registers plenty of swings and misses (25.8% K%-second) vs. LHP. Finally, Arizona had a marathon game yesterday in Chicago that endured two rain delays. The game lasted well over six hours and aside from having to travel back to the West Coast, the letdown factor after that win and series is also in play.

Anthony Banda made his MLB debut last week against the Nationals and was tagged for seven hits and four runs in 5.2 innings for an ERA of 6.35. Banda was a 10th round pick of the Brewers in 2012 before they shipped him to Arizona in July 2014. His stock has gone up the past two years as his velocity has increased and his curveball has improved to near-plus status. Though he hasn’t exactly had a dominant season, particularly in the last month, he has the athletic delivery and stuff to be a solid #4 starter in the near future. That’s not now, however. Banda works off of a 90-94 mph fastball that can touch 98 mph on occasion. It gets fairly straight at the higher velocity and he can sometimes be guilty of overthrowing. His change-up is a distant third pitch, but it features solid fade and good differential from his fastball. Banda has struggled a bit with right-handed hitters in 2017 and his control has been far too inconsistent. This is a two-pitch pitcher that is not major-league ready yet and with the Giants playing and hitting better, this is the perfect spot for them to get off to a great start in the opener of this series.

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