Jordan Montgomery outduels Blake Snell as D-backs trounce Giants 17-1
San Francisco Chronicle -

Before Friday’s game at Oracle Park, former San Francisco Giants DH Joc Pederson, now with Arizona, dubbed the evening’s starting pitchers “the matchup of the left-handed late-comers,” but the Boras Battle also might have worked. Blake Snell, the last of the Giants’ major additions, has yet to flash his 2023 NL Cy Young form after signing only four days before the end of spring training in Scottsdale, Ariz. He gave up five runs Friday in San Francisco’s 17-1 loss and surrendered nine hits in 4⅔...

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