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Giants’ Bryce Eldridge Notches First MLB Hit With 3-Run Double in Loss to Dodgers

The Giants are easing the 20-year-old into DH starts against right-handers to balance his loud contact with ongoing development.

The Los Angeles Dodgers’ Tommy Edman is congratulated by Teoscar Hernández after hitting a solo home run during the fifth inning of Saturday’s game against the San Francisco Giants in Los Angeles. 
The Dodgers’ Max Muncy heads to first base as he watches the flight of the baseball, which became a two-run home run, as Giants starting pitcher Kai-Wei Teng watches during the first inning Saturday in Los Angeles. 
Giants rookie Bryce Eldridge connects for his first major league hit, a three-run double against Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow, during the first inning at Dodger Stadium on Saturday. 
San Francisco Giants left fielder Heliot Ramos fields a ball hit for a single by the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Michael Conforto during the fifth inning Saturday in Los Angeles.

Overview

  • Eldridge cleared the bases with an opposite-field double off Tyler Glasnow’s 97 mph sinker with the bags full at Dodger Stadium.
  • San Francisco’s early 4-0 lead evaporated as it allowed four home runs in a 7-5 defeat, leaving postseason hopes on life support.
  • All six of Eldridge’s balls in play to date have left the bat at 99 mph or harder, including earlier drives measured at 408 and 404 feet.
  • The power has come with swing-and-miss risk, as he has struck out six times after carrying a high strikeout and whiff rate in Triple-A.
  • Manager Bob Melvin and Buster Posey say he does not look overmatched, with usage focused on DH starts versus right-handers and a possible look at first base ahead.