SAN DIEGO -- Intent on remaining cautious in nursing Hunter Pence toward playing shape, the Giants ordered the right fielder to rest Sunday, one day after he played three innings in the first game of his Minor League injury rehabilitation assignment with Triple-A Sacramento.
The Giants believe Pence may have aggravated his injured right hamstring while he tried to evade a first-inning pitch that struck him during Saturday's first inning against Round Rock.
Referring to Pence's unquenchable passion for competing, Giants manager Bruce Bochy joked, "I'm sure he's texting Gresh [head athletic trainer Dave Groeschner] asking to play.