Austin Slater needs to play more.
He made a pretty convincing argument in the third inning of the Giants game against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday. After barreling a hard-hit lineout in his first at-bat against San Francisco nemesis Clayton Kershaw, Slater didn't miss in his second time up.
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You know what's more impressive? Doing it a second time.
Slater came up again in the top of the fifth, and took Kershaw deep again.
Not only was it Slater's first multi-homer game, he also became the first player in Giants history to have a multi-homer game against Kershaw.
If that doesn't earn you more playing time, I don't know what will.
Mike Yazstrzemski also hit a solo shot in the third, making it the first time the Giants have ever taken Kershaw deep at least three times in the same game.
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Kershaw was removed after Yazstrzemski hit an RBI double in the fifth.
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For the first time possibly ever, Giants fans would have preferred for Kershaw to stay in the game.
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