- Harrison Bader connected against Walker Buehler for San Francisco's first home run this season and the Giants held off a late rally by the San Diego Padres to give rookie manager Tony Vitello his first victory, 3-2 on Monday night.
Vitello, hired from the University of Tennessee despite no professional playing or coaching experience, and the Giants had a miserable opening series. They were outscored 13-1 by thein a three-game sweep, becoming the 11th team to score no more than one run over the initial three games of a season.
They matched a franchise record Saturday by reaching 20 innings without scoring to begin the season before finally getting a run in the third inning of a 3-1 loss. The Giants were also the only team without a home run this year until Bader drove a 1-2 pitch from Buehler off the facade of the second deck in left field leading off the third.his first seven seasons, is back in the NL West after pitching for Boston and Philadelphia last season. He was a spring signee and earned a spot in a rotation minusfor the season following elbow surgery and Joe Musgrove, who began the season on the injured list with right elbow inflammation after his own return from Tommy John surgery went slower than hoped. and Padres RHP Germán Márquez are scheduled to start Tuesday night. It will be Márquez's debut with San Diego.
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