Then 20-year-old Bryce Eldridge took a swing at an 0-2 pitch in the ninth inning. And he overshadowed all of it. “That was such a cool moment,” said Eldridge, whose booming, 450-foot home run left the bat at 110 mph and landed most of the way up the grass berm beyond the center field fence.

For a moment on Saturday morning, it looked like the first spring training game of the Giants season might be delayed by reunions. Bruce Bochy walked out onto the field and immediately saw Bob Melvin,