Good morning, San Francisco Giants’ fans, and welcome to another edition of the Giants Morning Minute. On Monday, the Giants opened their four-game, home-and-home, Bay Bridge Series with the Oakland Athletics, dropping game one, 8-3. Rookie Daniel Mengden was spectacular en route to his first career win, while Jeff Samardzija took the loss to fall to 8-5.
The Los Angeles Dodgers salvaged the series finale against the Pittsburgh Pirates, taking one of their four games. They made a small dent in the National League West deficit, and are now seven games back.