Mother’s Day Gamethread: Giants at Twins

Happy Mother’s Day to all of you who are moms, mom-adjacent, or play a motherly role in someone’s life. You rule. May the San Francisco Giants win in your honor.

The Giants are wrapping up a series against the Minnesota Twins today and, with their offense having fallen flat in the first two games of the series, are in danger of being swept in a three-game series for the first time this year. My vote is in favor of avoidance!

Trying to stop the bleeding is right-hander Landen Roupp, who makes his eighth start of the year. He’s 2-3 on the season, with a 4.89 ERA, a 3.95 FIP, and 39 strikeouts against 14 walks in 35 innings. He gave up four runs in five innings against the Chicago Cubs in his…