Fifteen minutes earlier than first pitch on Sunday, Giants catcher Logan Porter trotted in from the customer’s bullpen. He’d normally be accompanied by the beginning pitcher, which was set to be left-hander Kyle Harrison.
As an alternative, Porter stood on the first-base line for the nationwide anthem, turned to his left and whispered to his teammates. As all of them obtained the data from Porter — harking back to the youngsters’s sport “Telephone” — different Giants teammates doubtless discovered one-by-one that Harrison had been traded.
The odd scene at Dodger Stadium was due to a reported blockbuster commerce that concerned the Boston Pink Sox sending infielder Rafael Devers to the Giants in trade for Harrison, right-hander Jordan Hicks and two prospects — a transfer that additional bolsters the expertise within the L.A.-San Francisco rivalry.
San Francisco supervisor Bob Melvin turned to lengthy reliever Sean Hjelle, who quickly warmed up for the last-minute begin, in opposition to a Dodgers offense that had scored 11 runs Saturday night time.
It was extra of the identical from the Dodgers in a 5-4 victory Sunday. The highest of the order manufactured a run by way of an Andy Pages sacrifice fly within the first inning. Tommy Edman hit a solo dwelling run — his tenth — within the second. Pages put a cherry on prime within the fifth after Shohei Ohtani (three for 3, one stroll) and Mookie Betts set the desk with singles.
The Cuban slugger’s three-run dwelling run helped the Dodgers (43-29) outmaneuver a Giants (41-31) workforce to take the collection.
On the mound, Dustin Could was seeking to get again on observe.
Could’s latest begins left extra to be desired from the previous prime prospect who had been struggling along with his command and never tallying many swinging strikes. He had struck out simply six batters throughout his final 11 innings — hanging out only one in his final outing.
Though Could couldn’t discover his strikeout pitch, his begin Sunday was the sixth time he had pitched by the sixth inning in 2025. He walked 4 batters for the second time in as many begins — the one time he’s issued a minimum of 4 free passes in back-to-back video games in his profession — and struck out three batters. He didn’t have his greatest stuff, however confirmed his mettle within the fifth inning.
Whereas he crumbled within the fourth, giving up a two-RBI triple to Jung Hoo Lee to offer the Giants a 3-2 lead, he battled out of a bases-loaded jam to maintain San Francisco at bay, inducing Porter into an inning-ending groundout.
After Pages additional strengthened his All-Star case along with his thirteenth dwelling run, the Dodgers’ bullpen took care of enterprise. Alex Vesia tossed a shutout seventh, whereas Kirby Yates (one run) and Tanner Scott (zero runs and struck out the aspect) completed it off within the eighth and ninth, respectively.
