SAN FRANCISCO (AP) New San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler said Wednesday that he should have sought the guidance of experts four years ago when dealing with a 17-year-old girl who contacted him about an assault reportedly witnessed by Los Angeles Dodgers minor leaguers.

The teen later accused one of the players of a sexual crime, something Kapler said he didn't know in 2015 when the Dodgers organization opted not to contact police. Kapler was the Dodgers' farm director at the time.

In hindsight, Kapler and Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi, who was then the Dodgers' general manager, said they wished they had been more supportive of the young woman and asked for advice from the outside.