PHOENIX – Giants manager Bruce Bochy made it clear that he planned to platoon Jarrett Parker in left field.
He hadn’t signaled the same intention with Denard Span in center.
But in the Giants’ first lineup against a left-handed starting pitcher, both Parker and Span are on the bench. Here’s the group that Bochy will throw out there against the Diamondbacks’ Patrick Corbin at Chase Field:
CF Gorkys Hernandez
1B Brandon Belt
RF Hunter Pence
C Buster Posey
SS Brandon Crawford
3B Eduardo Nuñez
LF Chris Marrero
2B Joe Panik
RHP Johnny Cueto
It’s Marrero’s first start as a Giant, and his first major league game since 2013 with the Washington Nationals.