LOS ANGELES — At roughly 5:18 p.m. Pacific Time, Joey Lucchesi emerged from the visiting bullpen doorways at Dodger Stadium and jogged out to the mound for his season debut. When the funky-throwing lefty delivered his first pitch of the night time, the Giants had but to announce that Lucchesi was formally on the roster.
It was not till 5:45 p.m. that San Francisco formally introduced Lucchesi had been chosen from Triple-A Sacramento — after Lucchesi’s outing had ended. Given what unfolded pregame, it felt oddly apropos.
For all of the feelings, there was nonetheless a recreation to be performed.
Harrison, who had spent his total skilled profession with the Giants, was scheduled to start out. That was not attainable due to the commerce, forcing supervisor Bob Melvin into his first bullpen recreation of the 12 months.
“Everybody’s so excited, man,” shortstop Willy Adames mentioned throughout ESPN’s Sunday Night time Baseball broadcast. “Me, personally, I’m thrilled to have him on the team. Obviously, he’s one of the best hitters in the game. To have him on the team is going to help us do a lot of damage in this division. Obviously, we need a bat like him in this lineup. Now when we get (Matt Chapman) back in the lineup, it’s going to be exciting.”
Melvin was already with out lengthy reliever Spencer Bivens, who threw a season-high 3 1/3 innings in Saturday’s 11-5 loss. Proper-hander Tristan Beck, one other multi-inning reliever, contributed two innings earlier than backup catcher Logan Porter pitched the eighth.
On what was probably very brief discover, right-hander Sean Hjelle took the ball for San Francisco and delivered his longest outing of the 12 months, permitting two runs over 3 2/3 innings. Given the circumstances, he helped save an already depleted bullpen.
The Giants discovered themselves main 3-2 after 4 innings because of Christian Koss’ RBI single and Jung Hoo Lee’s two-run triple, however Andy Pages’ three-run homer within the backside of the fifth gave the Dodgers a lead that they’d by no means lose.
Initially Revealed: June 15, 2025 at 6:35 PM PDT
