San Francisco will play its penultimate game of the 2022 season when it faces San Diego on Tuesday night. The Giants have gotten hot down the stretch, but they are eliminated from playoff contention. San Diego has clinched a playoff spot—this story was published prior to Monday night’s series opener.
San Francisco was eight games below the .500 mark in the middle of September, which is why the Giants were officially eliminated from playoff contention before this series began. They have been hot during the last two weeks, winning 11 out of 13 games heading into Monday’s series opener. San Francico swept Colorado last week before taking two out of three against Arizona over the weekend. All 11 of their wins during the hot stretch have come against the Rockies and Diamondbacks. They are going to finish with the second-best record of teams that did not make the National League playoffs this year.
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The Giants rank No. 23 in the MLB in team batting average, hitting at a .234 clip. Second baseman Thairo Estrada leads the way with 126 hits, while second baseman Wilmer Flores has 119 hits. They are facing a San Diego pitching staff that is No. 11 with an ERA of 3.79. Left-handed pitcher Carlos Rodon is expected to start for San Francisco on Tuesday night. There is a possibility that he does not start due to workload management, according to manager Gabe Kapler. Rodon has thrown a career-high 178 innings, going 14-8 with a 2.88 ERA and 1.03 WHIP. The team has yet to make a final decision on his availability for Tuesday, as of Monday night.