Giants host Padres on 3-game home win streak
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The Giants won, yes, but the offense only scored three runs on six hits in edging the San Diego Padres 3-2. Eldridge went 0-for-2 with a walk and a strikeout in his season debut, while Rodriguez went hitless in three at-bats in his major-league debut.
Kyle Schwarber hit a tying double with two outs in the ninth inning, Alec Bohm delivered with his glove and bat in the 10th, and the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the San Francisco Giants 6-5 to sweep their split doubleheader.
The San Francisco Giants are swapping right-handed pitchers ahead of Tuesday’s home game against the San Diego Padres. A few hours before the game, the team announced that right-handed starter Trevor McDonald had been optioned to AAA Sacramento, while right-handed reliever Joel Peguero had been activated off the 15-Day Injured List.
Following a winless six-game East Coast road trip, the Giants are planning to call up top prospect Jesus Rodriguez from Triple-A Sacramento, league sources confirmed to this news organization. Neither Eldridge nor Rodriguez was in Sacramento’s lineup on Sunday.
The Giants won the series opener, 3-2, versus the Padres on Monday. The three-game set continues with Logan Webb and Walker Buehler on the mound Tuesday night. San Francisco’s six game losing streak was snapped with the 3-2 win yesterday.
PHILADELPHIA — The Giants’ bullpen has been one of this team’s stronger units to start the season, but Ryan Walker blew his second save by allowing two runs in the bottom of the ninth as San Francisco kicked off Thursday’s split doubleheader with a 3-2 loss against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Giants broadcaster Mike Krukow believes San Francisco's call-up of Bryce Eldridge and Jesús Rodríguez means nobody on the team's roster is safe.
The Phillies announced that their April 29 game against the San Francisco Giants was being postponed due to expected rain. The Phillies made the announcement less than an hour before the scheduled start.