The San Francisco Giants Mike Yastrzemski belted a homer that landed in the right center field stands on the Levi Plaza level the first volley that put the Giants on top of the visiting Oakland A’s at Oracle Park in San Francisco (sports.yahoo.com photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

It what was the first game at Oracle Park in the Gabe Kapler era ended on a good note for the home team.

Mike Yastrzemski and Alex Dickerson each hit solo home runs and nine pitchers went one inning each, as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Oakland As 4-2 to sweep the Bay Bridge Series.

Tyler Rogers, Conor Menez, Dany Jimenez, Wandy Peralta, Andrew Suarez, Sam Coonrod, Andrew Triggs, Sam Selman and Sam Wolff each pitched an inning for the victorious Giants over their East Bay rival.

The nine pitchers gave up only two hits to the As, as Menez gave up both hits in his only inning of work.

Yastrzemski got the Giants on the board in a hurry, as he tattooed Mike Fiers onto the arcade over the right-center field wall.

Unfortunately, the one-run lead would not last long, as Chad Pinder hit a long triple off of Menez that looked like a three-run home run, as Bob Melvin challenged the call; however, the play stood and the As took a 2-1 lead.

Matt Olson got the As first hit of the game, as he beat out an infield bunt to the third base side of the diamond with the Giants playing three infielders and four outfielders. Menez then hit Khris Davis, but regrouped to get Mark Canha to fly out to Dickerson and Stephen Piscotty, who homered on Monday night at the Coliseum struck out for the second out of the inning.

Pinder then launched a long fly ball to right-center that was ruled a triple, despite the fact that Melvin challenged the call.

Dickerson then tied up the game, as he launched a solo home run halfway up the left-center field bleachers.

Donovan Solano gave the Giants the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly to center field that allowed Pablo Sandoval beat the Ramon Laureano throw to the plate.

Tyler Heineman added a second sacrifice fly in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Dickerson scored from third base.

Yastrzemski went 2-for-2 on the night, while Dickerson went three-for-four on the evening, as the Giants picked up eight hits on the game against three As pitchers.

Peralta, who pitched a perfect fourth inning to pick up the win for the Giants and Wolff closed it out for his first save of the season, despite giving up a walk to Skye Bolt, who was quickly retired on a double play ball that Wolff got Davis to ground into and then Seth Brown flew out to Jaylin Davis to end the game.

NOTES: Once multiple players, coaches and Kapler knelt during the National Anthem prior to the game that gained national news when they did it on Monday Night, including a tweet from President Donald Trump.

Looking forward to live sports, but any time I witness a player kneeling during the National Anthem, a sign of great disrespect for our Country and our Flag, the game is over for me!, Trump tweeted.

UP NEXT: Johnny Cueto will start the opener for the Giants on Thursday night, when they open the season against Clayton Kershaw and the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium.