Giants’ Angel Pagan on a tear since return from DL
Two weeks ago, Angel Pagan stopped by manager Bruce Bochy’s office to lobby for an early return from a hamstring strain.
Perhaps Pagan could sense the potential for a memorable stretch.
Since coming off the disabled list, he is 21-for-60 (.350) with 15 RBIs, one home run and 33 runs.
After a middling 2015 in which he hit .262 and drove in 37 runs in 133 games, Pagan opened his 11th major-league season batting ninth.
[...] healthy after being limited by injuries much of his previous four years in San Francisco, Pagan was the Giants’ last position player to receive a day off.
[...] the 34-year-old from Puerto Rico pulled up between first and second after slapping an RBI single in a May 1 win over the Mets.
The injury lingered, and 10 days removed from a two-week inactive stint, he landed on the disabled list.
After a three-game rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento, Pagan was scheduled back in the lineup June 15 against the Brewers.
In the bottom of the fourth, Pagan missed a Marcus Semien flyball at the warning track as Oakland’s shortstop reached third base on the error.