Roupp, Mathews square off as Giants and Cardinals meet in game two at Oracle Park

The San Francisco Giants host the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday night in the second game of their three-game series at Oracle Park, with first pitch scheduled for 6:45 p.m. PT. The Giants enter at 60-85, while the Cardinals sit at 72-73 as both clubs play out the final stretch of the regular season.

Right-hander Landen Roupp gets the start for San Francisco. He carries a 4.17 ERA and 3.70 FIP across 144.2 innings, with 137 strikeouts against 68 walks. His most recent outing came in a 5-4 Giants win over Pittsburgh last Wednesday, when he held the Pirates to one run on two hits over five innings, striking out four and walking two.

Opposing him is Cardinals left-hander Quinn Mathews, who has a 4.38 ERA and a 3.26 FIP in 24.2 innings of work, with 24 strikeouts and 12 walks. Mathews last pitched in St. Louis’s 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday, allowing one run on four hits in five innings with four strikeouts and four walks.

Broadcast details

The game will air regionally on NBC Sports Bay Area, with no national television coverage scheduled. Radio listeners can tune in on KNBR 680 AM/104.5 FM or KSFN 1510 AM.

NBC Sports Bay Area is part of the NBCUniversal portfolio, under Comcast Corporation. Comcast’s shares closed at $26.59 and last traded at $26.33, down 0.98% on the day, valuing the media and telecommunications company at roughly $92.5 billion. Regional sports networks like NBC Sports Bay Area remain a key distribution channel for MLB clubs and a closely watched segment for media investors as viewership habits shift.

What to watch

• Whether Roupp can build on his five-inning, one-run performance against Pittsburgh.
• Mathews’s command, after issuing four walks in each of the context provided by his 12 walks in 24.2 innings this season.
• The remaining games in the series and how both teams’ rotations line up for the season’s closing stretch.
• Ongoing industry developments around regional sports network distribution, which affect how Giants games reach viewers on NBC Sports Bay Area.

Source: original release