Diamondbacks Host Giants in Pivotal Matchup on Monday

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00:00Arizona and New York. They have the final two spots in the

00:06National League wild card standings. Both looking up at

00:09San Diego by three games. The Padres swept the White Sox this

00:13weekend as you would expect. San Francisco though, the

00:16surprising sweep of the weekend in Kansas City at Kauffman over

00:21the Royals. The Dbacks took three of four, nearly four of

00:24four against Milwaukee. Arizona wants to keep winning knowing

00:28how crucial the Braves and the Mets series is going to be

00:31starting tomorrow in Atlanta. What do you like tonight in the

00:34desert? And just as we talked about eight pitchers on the

00:38card, the top two pitchers on the card in the game we just

00:40talked about with Seattle and Houston. How about this? The

00:42two worst pitchers on the card we're gonna talk about today

00:44with San Francisco and Aaron excuse me Arizona. That would

00:48be Eduardo Rodriguez and Hayden Birdsong. Here's the issue.

00:50Rodriguez has not been a good pitcher. Typically left-handed

00:53batters have been getting the best of him as a left-handed

00:55pitcher. That can't happen. But let's focus on the San

00:58Francisco Giants offense. One of those teams we never expect

01:01to do a ton of damage. They're in Arizona. Not at home. Maybe

01:04they can break through. How about this? Let me give you the

01:07last 30 days action for this lineup against left-handed

01:10pitching, Ben. We'll go one through eight. Fitzgerald all

01:14the way through Schmidt. ISO power numbers, Ben, are as

01:16followed. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. Zero. And

01:23zero. And then Grant McRae. Good old Grant McRae in the

01:26nine hole there hitting 300 with his ISO power number

01:28against left-handed pitching. So for my money, a team is in

01:31it. A team is out of it. One team can't hit lefties at all.

01:34It's gotta be an Arizona Diamondbacks night tonight.

01:37Forget about how bad Eduardo Rodriguez is. They can't hit

01:39left-handed pitching. Diamondbacks win.