Fans believe it not just hours earlier were fanning themselves at AT&T Park in sunny 81 degree weather but the storm clouds formed around 5:00PM two hours before first pitch and it rained causing a delay and the game time to be changed to 10:15PM on Monday night in the opening game of the three game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants (AP Photo/Jose Sanchez)

On the Giants podcast with Morris Phillips:

1 The Los Angeles Dodgers come to San Francisco after losing ten straight and 15 of 16 will Monday Night’s game at AT&T be a test for LA. The Dodgers want to get back on track after having this embarrassing run and if there is any sign of strange things to happen to LA is a rain delay in San Francisco which produced thunderstorms and forced a rain delay. The game was supposed to start at 7:15PM but the thunder and lighting has it rescheduled until 10:15 PM for a first pitch. Which is tough on a Monday night with patrons needing to go to work early Tuesday plus public transportation shuts down after 12 midnight.

2 The Giants are coming off two loses in Chicago. The Giants enter the ball game wanting to play spoiler at their home park on Monday night

3  Jarrett Parker the Giants designated hitter on Sunday in Chicago who had missed 96 games and one week’s worth of baseball took his first at bat and went deep. Parker previous to being the Giants lineup had looked great in batting practice but got to do it for real on Sunday.

4 Madison Bumgarner got shelled in the second inning on Sunday for six runs and eight hits mirroring pitcher Jeff Samardjiza’s last outing. Mad Bum drops his record with the loss to 3-8.

5 The Giants have now lost five straight road series and are 0-9-1 in their last 10 road trips

Morris Phillips does the Giants podcasts each week at http://www.sportsradioservice.com