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On the San Francisco Giants podcast with Morris:

#1 Back-to-back to back-to-back shutouts to start the 2018 season between the Giants and Dodgers at Dodgers Stadium saw the Giants in game three of the series on Saturday get shutout 5-0 and then again on Sunday 9-0. San Francisco didn’t end up scoring one run in the last two games.

#2 Obvious Giants pitchers missing in either the starting rotation or their star closer are Madison Bumgarner, Jeff Samardzija, and Mark Melancon, which will have felt impact on the rotation very soon

#3 The bullpen struggled Sunday. Giants starter Chris Stratton left with the Giants trailing 2-0, relievers Josh Osich gave up two runs and Miguel Gomez gave up four runs.

#4 Jeff Samardzija will start his rehab assignment with a 20-pitch bullpen session on Tuesday and Friday then Samardzija will start pitching in Triple-A Sacramento, and after that, is scheduled to rejoin the big club on April 15th in San Diego.

#5 The Giants have Monday off before the home opener on Tuesday afternoon at AT&T Park. The Giants open the series with a brief two-game meeting with the Seattle Mariners.

Morris Phillips is the San Francisco Giants beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com