The Giants are coming off an insane, historic comeback in which they overcame an eight-run deficit Friday night against the Reds.
Stephen Vogt set up the Giants by belting a game-tying home run with two outs in the ninth inning, and Evan Longoria sealed the deal when he went deep in the top of the 11th to defeat Cincinnati, 12-11.
It was Vogt's first game back to the bigs in years, and he was overwhelmed after the victory, telling reporters: "For my first game back since 2017, this is pretty special and especially finishing off that come-from-behind win."
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SIGN UP HERE Vogt won't start in Saturday's rubber match in the series, with first pitch at Great American Ball Park scheduled for 4:10 p.m. PT. Buster Posey will catch right-hander Dereck Rodriguez, who'll start on the bump against the Reds' Tanner Roark.
Posey has enjoyed success against Roark, hitting .438 in 16 career at-bats against him. Giants first baseman Brandon Belt, who's hitting clean-up, has one homer, two RBI and a .333 average in 12 career at-bats against Roark.
Outfielder Mike Gerber, recently promoted from Triple-A, will start in left field after going 1-for-3 on Friday. It wasn't as great of news for Tyler Beede, who made his 2019 debut with the Giants and struggled on the mound, allowing seven hits against 17 batters faced in 2 1/3 innings. His ERA now sits at a staggering 27.00. He was sent back to Triple-A before Saturday's game, NBC Sports Bay Area's Alex Pavlovic reported.
Switch-pitcher Pat Venditte was called up to replace Beede on the Giants' roster.
Evan Longoria, who originally was set to play third base and bat fifth, will be replaced in the Giants' lineup by Pablo Sandoval.
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Here are the lineups for Giants-Reds. You can follow the action on NBC Sports Bay Area, starting with "Giants Pregame Live" at 3 p.m. PT, or by downloading the MyTeams app:
San Francisco Giants (14-18)
Joe Panik, 2B
Mike Gerber, LF
Buster Posey, C
Brandon Belt, 1B
Pablo Sandoval, 3B
Brandon Crawford, SS
Kevin Pillar, CF
Steven Duggar, LF
Dereck Rodriguez, RHP (3-3, 4.35 ERA)
Cincinnati Reds (13-19)
Joey Votto, 1B
Eugenio Suarez, 3B
Jesse Winker, LF
Yasiel Puig, RF
Derek Dietrich, 2B
Nick Senzel, CF
Jose Peraza, SS
Tanner Roark, RHP (1-1, 4.08 ERA)
Tucker Barnhart, C