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Giants Prospect Bryce Eldridge Notches First Hit as Dodgers Erase 4-0 Lead

San Francisco fell to 76-79 with seven games remaining, tightening a bleak wild-card outlook.

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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. 

Overview

  • The 20-year-old drove a bases-clearing double off Tyler Glasnow in the first inning for his first Major League hit and three RBIs, becoming the youngest Giant with multiple RBIs in a game since Jack Clark in 1976.
  • Los Angeles rallied for a 7-5 win on four home runs by Max Muncy, Michael Conforto, Tommy Edman and Shohei Ohtani after trailing 4-0.
  • Glasnow threw 43 pitches in the opening frame but rebounded to complete five innings, while the Giants’ staff allowed the lead to slip for a third time in eight days after early first-inning surges.
  • Eldridge had posted numerous 100-plus mph batted balls before the breakthrough and continues to profile as a power bat with swing-and-miss risk, drawing praise from Bob Melvin and Buster Posey for composed at-bats.
  • The defeat left San Francisco four games back of the final NL Wild Card spot, with the club weighing late-season looks for Eldridge at DH and potentially first base, primarily versus right-handed pitching.