Giants’ Andrew Susac giving first base a try
The lifetime catcher was asked to play some first base in spring training, so he did the natural thing:
Manager Bruce Bochy wants his backup catcher, whether it’s Susac or Trevor Brown, to be available to play first in a pinch.
Susac’s kid brother, Daniel, also is a catcher but had a nice Wilson A2000 first baseman’s mitt he wasn’t using, so their dad shipped it to Andrew, who catches with an All-Star mitt.
Brown has played seven spring training innings at first base.
Maybe facing a left-hander, I could give Belt a day, and if the backup catcher is swinging the bat well, to have that option would be nice.
Brandon Crawford played his first game on defense and had one ball hit to him, courtesy of Nolan Arenado in the first inning.
Casilla, who had been slowed by flulike symptoms, is penciled in to make his Cactus League debut Saturday.
Cain’s training camp was put on hold when he had a cyst removed from his upper right arm.
After starter Johnny Cueto exited with two aboard in the second inning, reliever Adalberto Mejia let in both inherited runners and completed 22/3 innings, charged with one run and three hits. …
Matt Duffy got his first hit in his 11th at-bat, a fifth-inning ground-rule double during a four-run rally. …
Samuel Coonrod pitched two scoreless innings and struck out four. ...
[...] Dan, the security guy, says, ‘You left me hanging here.’
Manager Bruce Bochy, who moved from his on-field chair to the dugout when Black entered in the ninth inning.