SAN FRANCISCO -- The Giants placed starter Chris Stratton on the paternity list prior to Wednesday's game, as the 27-year-old right-hander headed home to Mississippi to join his wife, Martha Kate, for the birth of the couple's second child.
In a corresponding move, reliever Roberto Gomez was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento to serve as a fresh bullpen arm for Wednesday's series finale against the Nationals, with Reyes Moronta and Hunter Strickland both unavailable due to their recent heavy workloads.
San Francisco expects Stratton to be reinstated in time to make his scheduled start in the first game of Saturday's doubleheader against the Dodgers.