Rafael Devers' long-term position for the Giants remains a huge question mark following his arrival from the Red Sox.

After the San Francisco Giants acquired Rafael Devers, one of the Dodgers' starting pitchers, Clayton Kershaw, was very complimentary of the rival organization.

Pitcher Sean Hjelle was just told to be ready to go for first pitch on Sunday. It was an unusual request for a few reasons, given that Hjelle’s a reliever, it was roughly 30 minutes before gametime, a

Since Barry Bonds retired in 2007, the San Francisco Giants have not had a player launch 30 homers in a season. That not-so-fun fact — which has stretched through a golden era of San Francisco baseball — is, all of a sudden, in jeopardy. That’s because Rafael Devers, he of 215 career long balls, is now a San Francisco Giant.

Melvin was already without long reliever Spencer Bivens, who threw a season-high 3 1/3 innings in Saturday’s 11-5 loss. Right-hander Tristan Beck, another multi-inning reliever, contributed two innings before backup catcher Logan Porter pitched the eighth.

The Giants were 1-5 at Dodger Stadium last season and lost nine of 13 in the season series to their archrivals.

Any hope that the San Francisco Giants will get their Gold Glove third baseman back in 10 days is no longer in the cards.

Trailing by three runs in the top of the ninth inning, San Francisco’s finally found life against the Rockies’ Zach Agnos. Casey Schmitt led off the top of the inning with a solo home run, trimming the deficit to 5-3, then Tyler Fitzgerald and Andrew Knizner followed Schmitt by drawing back-to-back walks.