Scott Hairston 4 - Giants 3

On a night where everyone was talking about Giants slugger Barry Bonds possibly tying Hank Aaron's homerun record at 755, it was Padres new comer Scott Hairston who left the San Diego crowd in a frenzy. Hairston, who replaced injured LF Milton Bradley, tied the game in the 8th with a monstrous 3 run homer to left. He then sent everybody home by clearing the wall on a full count with 1 out in the bottom of the 10th to propel the Friars into 2nd place in the tight NL West.
On consecutive nights a newly acquired Friar has had a 2 homer game (Morgan Ensberg Thursday night against the 1st place DBacks), as the players are making General Manager Kevin Towers look like the executive of the year. The new additions have played a huge roll in making the 25 man roster a lot deeper and scarier to face. Rob Mackowiak led off and played RF for the 2nd straight game and impressed with both the stick and the leather as he doubled and scored in the 8th, and started a relay from the right field corner to nail Mark Sweeney by 20 feet at the plate to end a Giants 9th inning rally. With Friday night hero Scott Hairston and the consistent Mackowiak having MLB experience at second base it should be interesting see whether they get some playing time at that position after Geoff Blum's hot streak (3 more hits Friday) comes to an end. The injection of the new bats has brought needed offensive fire power to the Pads lineup and it would be great to see the new blood starting in as many positions as possible.