Suarez closes 2018 with rookie duel

Left-hander Andrew Suarez (7-12, 4.22 ERA) will conclude a promising rookie season when he confronts the Dodgers in the regular-season finale beginning at 12:05 p.m. PT Sunday at AT&T Park. The Giants own a 12-16 record in Suarez's starts. His 130 strikeouts are the seventh most by a rookie in a single season since the Giants moved west in 1958. Suarez will oppose Dodgers rookie Walker Buehler (7-5, 2.76 ERA).