Panik tried to play through the injury with treatment, but there was still soreness that forced him out of multiple games the last ten days. He missed three games, returned for a game and came away with the same issues. He was best known for his work up the middle where he committed just nine errors in almost 300 chances.
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“My hope is when the two weeks are up, he’ll be ready to go”, Bochy said.
2B Kelby Tomlinson had his contract purchased from Triple-A Sacramento, and he took the roster spot of injured 2B Joe Panik. He was batting a combined.
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Panik was hitting.309, with a. 374 on-base percentage before going on the disabled list. 307 overall with 43 RBI and 21 stolen bases as Texas Tech’s everyday shortstop. Tomlinson is the 29th former Red Raider to make his debut and one of 13 who have made it to the major leagues since 2006. “That was a nice piece of hitting”. He wound up scoring the go-ahead run, but the Giants could not hold the lead.
