Solo home runs are kind of the San Francisco Giants’ thing. Entering Wednesday’s game with the Chicago Cubs, the Giants had hit 38 home runs on the season, and 32 of them were with no one on base. Their last 18 home runs had been worth one run. When Denard Span took Kyle Hendricks out of Wrigley Field for a home run in the third inning on Wednesday, it was their 19th straight solo dinger.
See, this isn’t new for the Giants, though. Back in 2011, they mastered the art of the solo home run.