Ryan Garko

Should we assume that Pablo Sandoval will eventually be the everyday guy?  What about Ryan Garko?  I don't think it's fair to judge his brief appearance since the trade deadline.

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  Hopefully for Giants' fans, Brad Penny can find his groove back in the National League.  In his three inter-league starts against national league teams this year, Penny posted a

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er and Merkin Valdez give up four earned runs apiece in relief of Joe Martinez; it was great to see Ryan Garko finally flex his muscle, and smash two homers in the same game.  Rowand, Schierholtz, and Pablo also went deep in a wild, old school night at Coors Field, that saw 25 runs on 27 hits!  Humidor, what humidor?

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 Ryan Garko has pumped his average to .242 as a Giant, with four hits and four RBI's in the last two games.  Aaron Rowand has boosted his batting average back to a respectable .275. &

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Giants.

 Monday, it was Aaron Rowand with four hits, including a home run; Tuesday, it was Ryan Garko, finally coming through with four RBI's, including the go-ahead runs with a clutch double in the 10th-inning.  Garko has obviously been pressing since his late-July trade from the Indians.  His batting average has hovered around .200 after hitting a solid .285 with the Tribe prior to the trade.  The Stanford product may finally be coming out of his funk just in time, boosting that average, and picking-up the slack for Pablo Sandoval and Bengie Molina, who each struck out three times Tuesday.  Randy Winn may also be awakening from his deep freeze, collecting two more hits (five in the last two games), and two more RBI's. Juan Uribe, who has been hobbled by injury in recent days, smacked a home run early in the game off Homer Bailey. Bailey pitched great through five-innings, but lost it in the sixth, surrendering four more runs. San Francisco also broke through against Reds' closer Francisco Cordero, touching him up for three runs - and the loss.  Two more games against Cincinnati with Barry Zito and Matt Cain scheduled to pitch Wednesday and Thursday.  Then, it's the big finale of the road trip with four games in Coors Field against the front-running, wild-card-leading Rockies.  

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-hit attack featured three hits apiece for Pablo Sandoval and Freddy Sanchez, and two more hits for Ryan Garko, who appears to be finding his comfort level in the National League.   

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 Ryan Garko went 2-for-2 and drove in his first run as a Giant.  Eugenio Velez and Edgar Renteria each had a couple of hits for San Francisco.  Freddy Sanchez went 1-for-5 and sc

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 San Francisco has acquired former Stanford Cardinal and Cleveland Indian Ryan Garko to fill the gap at first base, and hopefully a solid number-4 or number-5 hitter.   &nbs

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