Giants Face Big Unit in Season Debut

The sizzling Arizona Diamondbacks come in to AT&T Park for the first of a three-game series. The D-Backs, who struggled to score runs last year despite winning the division, lead the NL in just about every offensive category coming into tonight's game, led by youngsters like Justin Upton and Mark Reynolds. The big story, however, is the pitching matchup. 44-year old Randy Johnson will make his first start of the season after getting hit pretty hard in limited Spring action. The Giants will counter with 25-year old Jonathan Sanchez, who dominated the Padres in his last start and has struck out 18 hitters in 10 innings. Sanchez has drawn comparisons - mostly from Giants' fans - to the future Hall of Famer because of his lefty fastball-slider combo. He got hammered by the Brewers in his first start, so it will be interesting to see how he handles the hot-hitting D-Backs.