Chris Stratton

Giants’ pitcher Chris Stratton is used to pitching on short notice. Roughly 30 minutes before Johnny Cueto was scheduled to make his July 6 start in Detroit, San Francisco scratched Cueto with an inner ear infection and called on Stratton to make his first Major League start.

Right-hander Chris Stratton has been recalled to the San Francisco Giants prior to Tuesday’s game. Orlando Calixte was optioned to AAA to make room for the former first-round pick.

If you’re a young San Francisco Giants’ player, good luck staying healthy. Hours after the Giants placed 23-year-old infielder Ryder Jones on the disabled list with a wrist contusion, rookie left fielder Austin Slater suffered a hip flexor injury in the bottom of the eighth inning of San Francisco’s 6-1 loss to the Miami Marlins.

The San Francisco Giants have a new free-swinging, switch hitting infielder, and if the name Pablo Sandoval comes to mind, it should. That’s who Giants’ manager Bruce Bochy compared his newest player, 24-year-old Dominican Republic native Miguel Gomez, to after Gomez’s arrival at AT&T Park on Friday evening.

After stealing a 5-4 victory on Wednesday night against Detroit, the San Francisco Giants entered Thursday’s series finale in an ideal position to fly home with their third consecutive series win. That is, until right-hander Johnny Cueto was scratched minutes before taking the mound.

The Giants will go for their third straight series victory on Thursday morning, but they’ll be forced to do so without starter Johnny Cueto. Cueto was scratched about a half hour before taking the mound on Thursday in Detroit with an inner ear infection, and he’ll be replaced by Giants’ reliever Chris Stratton.

You know the stories of Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford and Joe Panik. The histories of Matt Cain, Madison Bumgarner and Brandon Belt. All were part of a core group that carried the San Francisco Giants through the first half of the decade, one of the most successful stretches for any franchise at any point in baseball history.

Dan Slania lived out his Major League dream on Friday night. The 25-year-old right-hander made his MLB debut in the ninth inning of the Giants’ 13-5 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates, tossing a perfect inning and recording the final out of San Francisco’s fourth straight victory.

San Francisco Giants minor league pitchers Tyler Rogers and Chris Stratton have been named to the East team of the Fall Stars game roster, the Arizona Fall League’s equivalent to the Futures Game to be played on Monday evening.