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The San Francisco Giants returned home to AT & T Park to take on the Atlanta Braves for a three game series.  After a dismal 1-5 road trip, the Giants were happy to return to the city by the Bay. The Giants offense also showed up at home here on Memorial Day in front of a crowd of 40,000 plus. 

  The Giants offense came alive and they scored 8 runs and added 13 hits as they beat up on the Braves 8-2 in the victory. Edgar Renteria went 2 for 5 with 2 RBI’s against his former team, Randy Winn continued his torrid hitting as he went  2 for 4 with a run scored. But the one guy’s bat who came alive today and had everything going for him in the Giants victory, was firstbaseman Travis Ishikawa.  Ishikawa had a day as he went a perfect 4 for 4 with a HR, 3 RBI’s, 3 runs scored, and he also had a stolen base.  Ishikawa’s splash-hit homerun was his first of the season and it also marked the first homerun for the firstbaseman  position on the season and ended the stat as the Giants as the only team in the major leagues to not have a homerun from the firstbaseman position.  Kudos to Ishikawa for ending that spell and having a spectacular day at the plate. 

 Jonathan Sanchez (2-4) led the pitching for the Giants as he went 5 plus innings and gave up only 4 hits, 2 earned runs, 3 walks and added 6 strikeouts in picking up his 2nd win of the season. The Giants bullpen was nearly perfect as Justin Miller, Jeremy Affeldt, Brandon Medders, and Brian Wilson combined for 4 shutout innings and had 4 strikeouts altogether. 

Game 2 of this three game set against the Braves is slated for tomorrow at 7:15 p.m. Ace Tim Lincecum (3-1, 3.45 E.R.A) takes the ball for the Giants as he opposes Braves rookie starter Kris Medlen (0-1, 15.00 E.R.A).

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