Giants ready to play against Dodgers

SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, the Giants made a makeshift training with Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford sitting on the bench, but when San Francisco greets the Dodgers for the last series of the season, manager Bruce Bochy says it will be all on the deck.

Longoria was released after suffering a knee injury on Tuesday. And Crawford had a rest because Tuesday's game had 12 innings. Bochy was sitting at Crawford to give Abiatal Avelino his third start in big league, his second in short stop.

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SAN FRANCISCO – On Wednesday, the Giants made a makeshift training with Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford sitting on the bench, but when San Francisco greets the Dodgers for the last series of the season, manager Bruce Bochy says it will be all on the deck.

Longoria was released after suffering a knee injury on Tuesday. And Crawford had a rest because Tuesday's game had 12 innings. Bochy was sitting at Crawford to give Abiatal Avelino his third start in big league, his second in short stop.

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The Giants have a chance to deny the Dodgers title of the National League West 88 wins (in Wednesday). The Rockies and Cardinals are both in the playoff mix with 87 wins before Wednesday's games.

"I've never liked being in this position," said Bochy, with the Giants long gone. "I like being in the other position, but it's good for guys.These matches will mean a lot.It's a good experience for youngsters.There are a lot at stake . "

The manager said Longoria would be "good to go" against the Dodgers, as Crawford would do.

The last series that will be played against the rival Dodgers means a lot to the San Francisco fan base, and that does not escape the manager.

"Of course, our players understand that," Bochy said of Giants fans' longstanding disregard for Los Angeles. "We are focused on beating San Diego, but once it's over, they'll know it, we'll talk about it, we know we can make an impact on what's going on, and I'm waiting for it. than

To note

• About four hours before Wednesday's game, AT & T Park saw something a little unusual. Devon Bridges, Giants media trainee, took over under the watchful eyes of Bochy and batting coach Alonzo Powell. Bridges was a collegiate softball star at Boise State.

Bridges said she had participated in the request of some media relations staff, who had been watching her college statistics, Bochy had been talking for a moment to take a look at her, "but I'm not going to I did not really expect it, "she said.

"Have you seen our new player?" Bochy asked the media before the match. "She rakes in. She has a good shot, she hit a good center in the middle."

"I was rusty, it took a little time to be comfortable," Bridges said. "It's my swing."

• Brandon's Belt was present at AT & T Park on Wednesday, when the media gave him the BBWAA Good Guy Award.

He needs a golf cart to move in the wake of a knee operation, but he said he was optimistic about the possibility of undergoing the operation in 2019 .

Speaking for the first time since the operation, Belt said the surgeons had cleaned his right meniscus for the second time in the last four years and that he also had a microfracture procedure to repair the damaged cartilage .

"I was playing to some extent all season, but it went really bad," he said of an injury in Seattle in July. "I'm glad we're busy with it."