The San Francisco Giants and New York Mets split the first two games of their series, with the Giants winning an extra-innings nail-biter on Friday, and the Mets a blowout on Saturday. Now it all comes down to some brunch baseball, with a series victory on the line for the two teams who have been going in opposite directions.

San Francisco is sending exciting lefty Carson Whisenhunt to the mound. Whisenhunt, ranked as a top 100 prospect by some publications, is making just the second appearance of his young career. In his first start, which came on Monday against the Pittsburgh Pirates , he gave up four earned runs in five innings. In 18 starts this year with AAA Sacramento, the 2022 second-round pick has a 4.42 ERA and a 4.69 FIP, with 86 strikeouts against 28 walks in 97.2 innings

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