San Francisco (1-3) won its first game of the 2026 MLB season on Monday. The Giants defeated San Diego (1-3), 3-2, opening a three-game series at Petco Park in San Diego, California.
Monday's win also marked the first MLB career victory for San Francisco manager Tony Vitello . The first-year manager discussed his first win and the Giants becoming closer as the season goes on.
"It's hard to comprehend because I got the same disease as every other coach," Vitello said postgame . "You want the proper guys to get their props that got it done tonight, which really was a lot of guys, especially if you include defense.
"Also look ahead to the next game is an opportunity to win a series down here and continue things in the right direction. Probably soak in getting back to the hotel, but yeah, pretty special looking around the room, whether it's in the office, in the dugout, or in the locker room, and some of these guys have been slower to come out of their shell with me, but it's little moments like that, or breaking camp, or opening day where I think, you know, the bond grows a little bit, which, you know, at the end of the day, we want to be a strong unit right now. I told somebody, I forget if it was with the whole group or not. I really get a sense, like no matter what happens, this group is going to get a lot closer together as the year goes on."
Vitello served as Tennessee's head coach from 2018-25.
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