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Eldridge

Eldridge had RBI singles in the first and eighth innings and a two-run single in the fifth inning. Eldridge has 16 RBI in 22 games in August. He’s hitting .261 with an .804 OPS and 42 RBI this year.

Eldridge’s homer was his 15th of the season. The 21-year-old also drove in a run with a double, and it improves his slash to .254/.345/.448 in his rookie campaign. One of the most encouraging things about Eldridge’s season is that he’s been better against lefties than righties — a .792 OPS against southpaws compared to .776 against right-handers — and his homer today off Kohl Drake was his fifth against same-sided hurlers. He’s gonna be a good one.

Eldridge was away from the club for a few days to attend his grandfather’s funeral. The 21-year-old slugger jumps right back into the Giants’ lineup on Thursday, serving as the designated hitter and batting third against Diamondbacks’ right-hander Jose Cabrera.

Eldridge will be away from the club for the next couple days to attend his grandfather’s funeral. The general expectation is that he’ll be back in advance of Thursday’s series opener against Arizona.

Eldridge should be back in time for the start of a series against the D-backs on Thursday. Shay Whitcomb or Nate Furman could be called up to help fill in until then.

Eldridge extended the Giants’ lead in the fifth inning with a 423-foot blast to left-center field off Hunter Brown. The home run snaps an 11-game drought, giving him his 12th of the season to go with 38 runs scored and 29 RBI while hitting .248/.341/.434 across 314 plate appearances.

This is the first game with Eldridge in the lineup since Luis Arraez was traded. Eldridge has also led off before, but, notably, he’s doing so against a lefty on Wednesday. If this change were permanent, it would likely hurt his RBI totals, but be good for his overall plate appearances and run totals.

Eldridge receives some extra rest to address a lingering thumb bruise, but the expectation is that he’ll be ready to return to the lineup rather quickly. The 21-year-old former top prospect should play everyday for San Francisco over the final two months in the wake of their trade deadline teardown. He offers enough over-the-fence power to be interesting in deeper mixed leagues until further notice.

Eldridge prevented the Giants from getting shut out on Tuesday, taking Grant Anderson deep for a two-run homer in the eighth inning. It was the 11th home run of the season for the 21-year-old slugger. He’s slashing a solid .256/.356/.463 with 33 runs scored and 25 RBI across 264 plate appearances while displaying impressive hard-hit and barrel rates that make him a young power-hitter on the rise.

Eldridge had three of the four hardest-hit balls of the game, coming in at 106.1 mph on his homer in the fourth, 108.5 mph on a lineout in the fifth and 108.1 mph on a single in the eighth. Hopefully, it means he’s escaping the drought that saw him hit .177 with one homer in his previous 17 games. That previous homer also came against Rockies pitching.