Melvin said he reveled in the emotion “for like an inning. Then, as the game goes along you get lost in the game.”
San Francisco Giants’ Thairo Estrada celebrates his game-winning, RBI double to score Matt Chapman in a 2-1 victory over the San Diego Padres, Friday, April 5, 2024, at the home opener at Oracle Park in San Francisco, Calif. SAN FRANCISCO — In succession Friday afternoon, three of the biggest names to be brought on board over the winter were introduced as Giants for the first time at Oracle Park.
Born in Palo Alto and raised going to games at Candlestick Park, Melvin had experienced Opening Days in San Francisco as a fan and a player. He had watched the festivities at Oracle Park as a manager in the opposite dugout. The Giants went 2-1 in home openers when he was a catcher from 1986-88, but lost Melvin’s first.“It’s our first win as a team, as an organization. Some new coaches, some new players here, so it was pretty rewarding that it happens on a beautiful day here,” Melvin said.
“He’s a baseball man,” Thairo Estrada, who delivered the decisive hit, said in Spanish. “He likes to play small ball. He likes to play base to base. The type of game that I like. You can tell that he likes to be aggressive. He knows what he wants to do, and we’re going to go ahead and give it to him. So, yeah, I enjoy playing for him.”
“I do know he had Lugo and they transformed him from a reliever to a starter, and he’s at my agency,” Hicks said. “So I trusted that I was going to get a real shot and the opportunity I was seeking.”San Francisco Giants |When Hicks was out of gas after the fifth inning in his first start, he relayed that message to Melvin, who got action going in the bullpen. When Melvin checked in with Hicks after the sixth on Friday, the manager listened when his starter said he was still rolling.
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