Game 147 Thread: Sept. 12 @ Giants, 7.15p

Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8, 2.72) vs. Justin Verlander (3-10, 4.09).

The Giants, left for dead after picking up the clubhouse cancer that is Rafael Devers (and subsequently trading away decent players at the deadline), have strangely surged back into third place in the NL West, and sit only 1.5 games back of the Mets for the last-wild card spot (the Reds share the Giants' 74-72 record).

We have seven games against San Francisco, starting with this one, and you just know Oyster Pubes would love nothing more than seeing the rival Dodgers roll over and play dead, like they did in most of July and August.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto may come into this game salty. He was denied a no-hitter in his last start,…