San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin argues a call during the fourth inning of the team’s baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Sunday, March 31, 2024, in San Diego. SAN DIEGO — Sunday began with Bob Melvin calling it “an exciting day for us and an exciting day for him,” referring to the Giants’ starting pitcher, Daulton Jefferies, who was set to make his return to the mound following a long road back from multiple surgeries on his pitching arm.
After rollicking the past two games, a blowout loss dealt a blow to whatever momentum had been built heading into a big series at Dodger Stadium and with another three games against the Padres on deck when the Giants return home. A fellow Cal product, Melvin said he played the Golden Bears fight song for Jefferies when he informed him he made the roster. The two go back to their days in Oakland, where Melvin managed Jefferies as an up-and-coming prospect before his career was sidetracked by two Tommy John surgeries and thoracic outlet syndrome.
All four of the Padres’ runs in the second inning were earned, with Ha-Seong Kim launching another three-run shot into an open window in the Western Metal Supply Co. building in left field that extended San Diego’s lead to 9-0. With a rally brewing in the fourth, the Giants had two runs in and two men on base with one out when Jorge Soler popped a pitch into shallow left field. Kim, the shortstop, backpedaled but missed the ball, allowing it to fall to the grass, about 40 feet beyond the cut of the dirt.
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