Posey expected to sit out today after getting hit in the helmet

NOTES: Despite the fact C Buster Posey wasn't diagnosed with a concussion after being hit in the head by a RHP Taijuan Walker pitch Monday, the Giants elected to place him on the seven-day concussion disabled list.

Pitcher Matt Moore put more good feelings in fans' minds with eight stellar innings on the mound and a bases-clearing, two-base, go-ahead error as a hitter, but those thoughts soon turned again to Posey.

Giants athletic trainer Dave Groeschner and manager Bruce Bochy sprinted towards the home plate immediately.

Because we saw Joe Panik when he got hit in the head past year by Matt Moore, not only did he stay in that game, he hit a three-run homer later in that game and then it wasn't until a day or two later that he started to realize something was wrong.

Attendance: A sellout crowd booed the hell out of Walker but gave lengthy ovations to Javier Lopez and Barry Bonds, who were honored during mid-inning breaks. Panik came home as catcher Jeff Mathis scrambled to the backstop and threw to Walker covering the dish.

But Giants general manager Bobby Evans said Posey was experiencing concussion symptoms on Tuesday.

However, Giants manager Bruce Bochy, one of the most loyal skippers in the game, made a decision to give Cain one more shot nonetheless.

If Posey recovers and is off the DL after seven days, his first game will be at Kansas City on April 18. It went foul, but he got the job done after he was told to swing away.

Pitching at AT&T Park for the first time since Game 4 of the NLDS, Moore got off to a hot start. Walker fielded Moore's chopper midway up the first-base line and fired wildly to home, allowing Crawford and Panik to score. He was tagged for five runs on six hits and a walk with one strikeout across three innings in his first Triple-A start of the 2017 season.

Cain, a Cy Young Award candidate on more than one occasion early in his Giants career, lost his rotation spot not once but twice last season, although Bochy labeled the first demotion a rest.

"Just me knowing my limitations", said Moore, whose primary goal was to avoid an inning-ending double play. He was a little worn out, it was deep into his outing and I think it just happened to hit David. "KATY" was spelled on the out-of-town scoreboard while photos and flowers were in the seat she often occupied during the postseason. Gardenhire was to be in Minnesota to undergo surgery for prostate cancer later this month. "We'll continue to keep an eye on him". The Diamondbacks were attempting to open a season 7-1 for the first time in franchise history.

Pavlovic added that while he's not on the 40-man roster, catcher Tim Federowicz is in the ballpark ahead of Tuesday's game.