Giants’ Kazmir, 37, fine 4 innings in 1st MLB game since ‘16

Late Friday night, Gabe Kapler called old teammate Scott Kazmir with wonderful news: The veteran left-hander was needed in San Francisco to start the next day. The Giants called up the 37-year-old Kazmir from Triple-A Sacramento to make his first big league appearance since 2016, when he went 10-6 with a 4.56 ERA over 26 starts for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who just so happened to be his opponent Saturday at Oracle Park. "It was actually pretty gratifying to be able to deliver that to him and actually through the phone I could tell that he was smiling," said Kapler, who played with Kazmir for Tampa Bay in 2009.