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Episode 106: Thomas and Danny Speculate About Mental Health

Episode 106: Thomas and Danny Speculate About Mental Health is out!

In the hundred-and-sixth episode, Thomas and Danny talk about the injuries to literally everybody, the return to quality pitching, decent hitting from the backups, Tim Lincecum’s mystery, and the Miami Heat.

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SF Giants lineup: Giants play for the .500 road trip

After a disappointing loss in Atlanta last night behind Sergio Romo’s ninth-inning meltdown, the Giants still have a chance to break even on their current eight-game road trip. They’ll have to do it against one of the hottest young pitchers in baseball, Braves’ right-hander Julio Teheran.

Getting of to a rough start in his first full major-league season by giving up 4+ runs in three straight outings, Teheran has done that in an outing just once in his last nine tries while posting a 2.66 ERA and holding opponents to a .651 OPS. He faces a San Francisco lineup that is still struggling to get its best players on the field.

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SF Giants lineup: Arias in for injured Sandoval against Pirates

With Pablo Sandoval headed to the disabled list with a foot strain, utility man Joaquin Arias gets the start at third base in Tuesday’s game at Pittsburgh. Arias will bat eighth, just in front of starting pitcher Tim Lincecum.

Lincecum will be squaring off against right-hander Gerrit Cole, who is making his major league debut. Cole was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2011 draft and has been excellent in the minor leagues, with a 2.84 ERA in 200 innings.

Timmy is looking to build on his previous start, when he allowed just four baserunners and one earned run in seven innings against Toronto.

The three-game game set that wraps up Thursday is San Francisco’s only trip to Pittsburgh this season. The Giants will host August 22-25 and the battle of baseball’s beautiful ballparks will be decided.

Here’s the lineup against RHP Gerrit Cole (0-0, 0.00 ERA):

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