Giants Snap Skid with First Win

0:00It's March 31st. From daily matchups to big moments, this is MLB News, today, powered by AI. The San Francisco Giants finally broke through with their first win of the season, a tight 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday night. At Pec Copac, it was a night of firsts. Their first home run, first quality start, and first W under new manager Tony Vitelo, snapping a three-game skid. Harrison Bader kicked things off of the solo shot in the third inning off Walker Bueller, a 408-foot blast to left that put the Giants. Ahead for the first time all year, then land in Rook dominated with six scoreless innings, seven strikeouts, just two hits and two walks on 88 pitches, coming off a sweep by the Yankees where they scored just one run total and had zero homers entering the game, this win felt huge for San Francisco. Bader, signed to a two-year deal worth $20.5 million, pumps his fist after the dinger, while Rupp shredded off the mound at the same park where he tore up his knee last August.

1:03The Giants petted the lead with back-to-back RBI singles from Patrick Bailey and Casey Schmidt in the fourth. Matt Gage and Keaton win kept it clean and relief, with win fanning the side in the eighth. But the ninth got wild. Ryan Walker walked the lead-off guy, then gave up a two run homer to Jackson Merrill, making it three-two. He buckled down for a ground-out from Zander Bogerts to seal his first save, giving the Giants momentum heading into the series.