San Francisco Giants at Texas Rangers

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TEX	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	1	—	6	9	0

Wednesday's start belonged to Cody Bradford (0-0, 0.00), who took the mound for Texas for the first time since 2024 after recovering from elbow surgery. Across the way, Carson Whisenhunt (2-2, 7.25) got the ball for a Giants club that's already thinking past this season, coming off a rough turn last time out against San Diego. It was about as clean a get-well outing as the Rangers could've scripted.

Show fees

FINAL

Spread

ML

Total

Giants(48-66)

LWLLL

0

+1.5-138+150o8.5+104

Rangers(56-58)

WLLLL

6

-1.5+135-147u8.5-102

Best BetGiants +151

Postgame

Bradford wrecked that thesis right away — Texas hung a 4-run third and coasted from there, while Whisenhunt's ugly ERA turned out to be exactly the red flag it looked like. San Francisco never got a run across on 8 hits, and the plus-money value evaporated in a 6-0 shutout.

Pregame

Getting plus money on the Giants here isn't as crazy as the records suggest. Texas is turning to a starter making his first appearance of the season off elbow surgery, while San Francisco just took the series opener from this same Rangers club. The price reflects a bad Giants team, but it may not fully reflect how shaky Texas looks on the mound today.

Texas needed it. The Rangers are piecing together a rotation with MacKenzie Gore on paternity leave and Jack Leiter still working back from an ankle injury, so a scoreless turn from a reclamation arm like Bradford is exactly the kind of night that keeps a fringe push alive. San Francisco is bleeding bodies by comparison — Matt Chapman, Harrison Bader and Casey Schmitt are all out for extended stretches, and a lineup missing that much thump had no business hanging six zeros on the board against a guy who hadn't started a big-league game in nearly two years.

Carson Whisenhunt

(3-4)·7.03 ERA

Jul 31 @ Padres

L

3.1IP

6ER

3K

4BB

74P

08/05 Lineup

Cody Bradford

(0-1)·2.93 ERA

08/05 Lineup

None of it changed the buying power of this Giants team. San Francisco is 48-66 and dropping series left and right, and Wednesday's shutout is just the latest reminder that this roster is playing out the string a long way from contention. Texas isn't exactly steamrolling anyone either at 56-58, but at least the Rangers can point to Bradford's return as a genuine building block.

The line score tells the story: Texas broke it open with a 4-run third and tacked on single runs in the fifth and eighth, and Bradford and the bullpen made it stand up from there. San Francisco actually put together 8 hits of its own, which says everything about the disconnect — Texas kept finding outs with runners on, and the Giants never got the swing to turn that traffic into runs.

San Francisco Giants

(12)

• 10-Day-ILMatt Chapman (3B) — Chapman (abdomen) is scheduled to be evaluated by a specialist next week, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.08/04
• 10-Day-ILVictor Bericoto (RF) — Bericoto (oblique) will begin a rehab assignment at Triple-A Sacramento on Wednesday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.08/04
• 10-Day-ILHarrison Bader (CF) — Giants manager Tony Vitello said Thursday that Bader (foot) won't return from the 10-day injured list before the end of the season, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILJesus Rodriguez (C) — The Giants placed Rodriguez on the 10-day injured list Saturday due to right elbow neuritis, John Shea of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.08/02
• 10-Day-ILCasey Schmitt (LF) — Schmitt (knee) underwent a debridement of his lateral meniscus Friday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.07/31
• 15-Day-ILTrevor McDonald (SP) — McDonald is scheduled to undergo UCL reconstruction surgery in early August, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.07/29
• 60-Day-ILJoel Peguero (RP) — Peguero (hamstring) threw a 15-pitch live bullpen session Friday at the Giants' facility in Arizona, MLB.com reports.08/02
• 60-Day-ILMatt Gage (RP) — Gage will be re-evaluated in one month after an MRI revealed a moderate left flexor strain, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.08/02
• 60-Day-ILRowan Wick (RP) — The Giants placed Wick (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Sunday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILHayden Birdsong (RP) — Birdsong underwent successful UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILRandy Rodriguez (RP) — The Giants placed Rodriguez (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Tuesday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.05/08
• 60-Day-ILJose Butto (RP) — The Giants transferred Butto (arm) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.05/08

Texas Rangers

(12)

• paternityMacKenzie Gore (SP) — Gore didn't factor into the decision Tuesday against the Giants. He tossed six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks while striking out four.08/05
• 10-Day-ILJosh Jung (3B) — Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Wednesday that Jung (calf) has been making slow progress in his recovery and will remain out for at least 10 more days, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.08/05
• 10-Day-ILKyle Higashioka (C) — Higashioka is not in the lineup for Monday's game against the White Sox.07/21
• 15-Day-ILJack Leiter (SP) — Leiter (ankle) threw two innings of live batting practice Monday, MLB.com reports.08/05
• 15-Day-ILJakob Junis (RP) — The Rangers placed Junis on the 15-day injured list Thursday with a left adductor strain.07/30
• 60-Day-ILJordan Montgomery (SP) — Montgomery (elbow) is scheduled to make another rehab start Sunday, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.07/30
• 60-Day-ILJose Corniell (RP) — The Rangers placed Corniell on the 15-day injured list Tuesday with an elbow injury, Jeff Wilson of AllDLLS.com reports.07/30
• 60-Day-ILDanny Jansen (C) — Rangers manager Skip Schumaker said Saturday that Jansen (forearm) is dealing with setbacks that put his return in doubt, Evan Grant of the Dallas Morning News reports.07/30
• 60-Day-ILJalen Beeks (RP) — The Rangers transferred Beeks (forearm) to the 60-day injured list Tuesday.07/21
• 60-Day-ILMichael Helman (CF) — Texas transferred Helman (hand) to the 60-day injured list Friday.06/19
• 60-Day-ILRobert Garcia (RP) — The Rangers transferred Garcia (shoulder) from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Monday.06/01
• 60-Day-ILCarter Baumler (RP) — Baumler (intercostal) has been shut down from his rehab assignment, MLB.com reports.05/23

For Texas, it's a series win to close out a stretch that had gone sideways — 4 losses in 5 games before this finale. For the Giants, it's more of the same: a club that's lost 4 of its last 5 walking out of Arlington with even more urgency to figure out who's actually part of next year's roster.

San Francisco Giants

(48-66)

Aug 5L@ Rangers4-5

Aug 4W@ Rangers5-1

Aug 2L@ Padres4-5

Aug 2L@ Padres5-6

Aug 1L@ Padres0-7

Texas Rangers

(56-58)

Aug 5Wvs Giants5-4

Aug 4Lvs Giants1-5

Aug 2L@ Astros3-7

Aug 1L@ Astros4-5

Aug 1L@ Astros2-11

Neither team is playing for much in August, but nights like this are why front offices keep watching anyway — proof of health for one guy, more proof of a lost season for the other.