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Both Of The Arms San Francisco Added Saturday Last Pitched On August 23
San Francisco made three pitching moves on Saturday morning before a split doubleheader against Arizona: Matt Wilkinson recalled from Sacramento, the contract of left-hander Seth Lonsway selected from Sacramento, and Spencer Bivens optioned to Sacramento. Wilkinson and Lonsway both last pitched on August 23, which is the thing they have in common and the reason both are on the roster. Lonsway is 27, was signed by the Giants in July 2021, and has never appeared in a major league game; at Triple-A this season he has a 6.00 earned run average with 45 strikeouts against 49 walks in 72 innings. Arizona named Merrill Kelly and Mitch Bratt for the two games. San Francisco named nobody for either until late morning, when it posted Wilkinson, who had been recalled about four hours earlier, for the opener. Of the 34 starting pitcher slots on today's major league schedule, three were blank at mid-morning and two of them were San Francisco's. The active roster reads 27 men and 14 pitchers; the 40-man reads 39.
Carson Whisenhunt's Only Scoreless Start This Season Was The One He Did Not Finish
San Francisco placed Carson Whisenhunt on the 15-day injured list on Tuesday and recalled Spencer Bivens from Triple-A Sacramento. Whisenhunt made eight starts this season, 34.2 innings at a 6.49 earned run average, and Monday's was the only one in which nobody scored on him. He is the third San Francisco starting pitcher this year to lose an elbow: Hayden Birdsong went on the 60-day injured list in March with Tommy John surgery already named in the transaction, Trevor McDonald had his on August 5, and Whisenhunt has been told to have his. Adrian Houser then left Tuesday's game after 26 pitches with what Tony Vitello called tightness in his flexor, and has an MRI Wednesday morning with no result published. Whisenhunt's major league record is 13 starts, 58 innings, 33 walks and 42 strikeouts.
