Eduardo Nunez will not be available for the Giants ahead of their wild-card clash with the New York Mets this evening, with the third baseman yet to recover from a strained hamstring that has put him on the shelf since September 27.
Conor Gillaspie will likely continue to start in Nunez’s spot at third base tonight. Gillaspie hit .300 and knocked in five runs taking over for Nunez in the last two series against the Rockies and Dodgers. Gillaspie has also be sharp with the glove, making a circus catch in the season finale on Sunday. Gordon Beckham, who started at third in Saturday’s game, is not eligible for the postseason.
Veterans Matt Cain, Jake Peavy and Joe Nathan did not make the list of 11 pitchers that will be available tonight. Both Johnny Cueto and Jeff Samardzija will be, however, in another “all hands on deck” game. Cueto is the planned starter for Game 1 of the NLDS on Friday against the Chicago Cubs and Jon Lester should the Giants advance.
San Francisco will have three left-handers available out of the bullpen, with Javier Lopez, Will Smith and rookie Steven Okert.
The Giants elected not to make third catcher Tony Sanchez available, something that would’ve allowed Bruce Bochy to use Trevor Brown as a pitch-hitter without fear of not having an emergency replacement for Buster Posey.
Full wild-card roster below, first pitch at 5:09 pm on KNBR 680:
LHP Madison Bumgarner
RHP Santiago Casilla
RHP Johnny Cueto
RHP George Kontos
RHP Derek Law
LHP Javier Lopez
LHP Steven Okert
RHP Sergio Romo
RHP Jeff Samardzija
LHP Will Smith
RHP Hunter Strickland
C Trevor Brown
C Buster Posey
IF Ehire Adrianza
1B Brandon Belt
SS Brandon Crawford
3B Conor Gillaspie
2B Joe Panik
IF Kelby Tomlinson
OF Gregor Blanco
OF Gorkys Hernandez
OF Angel Pagan
OF Jarrett Parker
OF Hunter Pence
OF Denard Span