Giants rookie hits grand slam in MLB debut...

[Upton]

As Brandon Crawford circled the bases, slapping his hands between first and second, he had no clue what his singular achievement meant for his teammates, the Giants organization and a fan base still in shock - no, mourning - over Buster Posey's devastating injury.

With time, he might understand the catharsis he provided. In the glow of the moment, a 24-year-old shortstop who was playing Class A ball two nights earlier knew only that he accomplished a feat that even a child's imagination would not conjure.

In his first major-league game, and third at-bat, Crawford hit a grand slam in the seventh inning Friday night against Shaun Marcum, one of baseball's stingiest pitchers, giving the Giants a two-run lead and ultimately a 5-4 victory. Their losing streak ended at three games.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/05/27/SP301JMMCE.DTL#ixzz1NeXWyyKI

Crawford becomes only the 6th player in MLB history to hit a GS in his first game.

Bill Duggleby, Phillies, April 21, 1898

Bobby Bonds, Giants, June 25, 1968

Jeremy Hermida, Marlins, Aug. 31, 2005

Kevin Kouzmanoff, Indians, Sept. 2, 2006

Daniel Nava, Red Sox, June 12, 2010

Brandon Crawford, Giants, May 27, 2011

[bluedigger]

1. Nava just cleared waivers last week...

He'll get a lot of free drinks the rest of his life, though.:D

[Upton]

2. Yeah, I see he was DFA..

Nava is only the second player, the other being Kouzmanoff, to actually hit a GS on the first pitch of his MLB career..

[Auggie]

3. I nearly fell off my chair when he hit that

[Forkboy]

4. That's awesome.

Probably skipped cloud 9 and went right to cloud 10.