Just one day after collecting his first career base-hit on a first-pitch single against the best pitcher in the game, Clayton Kershaw, Christian Arroyo one-upped himself. In the seventh inning of Wednesday’s contest with the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Giants’ top hitting prospect hit his first career big league home run, a two-run shot that cut into a 3-0 Dodgers’ lead.
After a Buster Posey single, Arroyo took his place at the plate with one out. It was a battle of a past Giant against a Giant of the future, with Sergio Romo on the mound for the Dodgers.