SAN DIEGO -- As Bruce Bochy addressed the media Thursday afternoon, he occasionally glanced up over the tops of the cameras, where highlights were showing on a TV mounted on a back wall of the manager's office. MLB Network was showing clips of the Dodgers-Diamondbacks game, and Bochy certainly noticed that the Dodgers hit a record eight home runs en route to an easy win.
Adam Jones, a one-time target for the Giants in the offseason, homered for the Diamondbacks in that game. In Philadelphia, Andrew McCutchen, Bochy's leadoff hitter last year, hit a home run. So, too, did Matt Joyce, who was in Giants camp for a few hours before being shipped to Atlanta.
The game continues to change, but in San Diego, it all looked so familiar, at least for the Giants.
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They were blanked on Opening Day, falling 2-0 to the intriguing Padres. The hardest-hit ball from a Giants hitter actually came from the pitcher, Madison Bumgarner, who lined out at 106 mph in the third inning. That was the closest the Giants got to being threatening.
"We just couldn't get it going offensively, just couldn't get an inning going," Bochy said. "We only got a man to second a couple of times, if that."
Technically, two Giants did touch second.
But one was Evan Longoria, who was thrown out while trying to stretch a single off the wall. Replays appeared to show Longoria was safe, but there wasn't enough to overturn the call. That was in the sixth inning. An inning later, Brandon Crawford reached on a fielder's choice and went to second on a groundout. He didn't go any further.
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This was one game, and the Giants will chalk it up as just that, but it was nonetheless concerning because this was a box score straight out of 2017 and 2018. It's mostly the same lineup, too, with the additions being unknown players like Connor Joe and Michael Reed.
So it's reasonable to be concerned about just one loss, because this is the kind of production that has come to be expected. The Giants spent all spring talking about how this year would be different, but on Opening Day they saw just 70 pitches in six shutout innings from Eric Lauer, a nice young pitcher, but not exactly a Scherzer or deGrom.
The 23-year-old had a 4.34 ERA last season, but he had one big thing going for him: He's left-handed. The Giants didn't solve their offensive issues over the winter, and they certainly didn't do anything of note to make them more dangerous against lefties. They'll see another one Friday in Joey Lucchesi and possibly another on Saturday. The Padres haven't named a starter for the third game yet, but the smart move would be a southpaw.
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Bochy said he'll mix up the lineup Friday in hopes of giving Derek Holland more support than Bumgarner got. In what may be his final Opening Day assignment for the Giants, Bumgarner allowed two runs over seven and struck out nine.
"He did his job," Bochy said. "A real nice job at that."
There was no support, though, which turned the opener into a very familiar scene.