Marlins starting pitcher Brad Hand kept the damage to a minimum over seven innings Sunday vs. San Francisco on his way to his first win of the season. The left-handed hurler allowed two runs on six hits and one walk, while striking out four over seven innings in a 3-2 win.
Hand (1-2) kept the Giants scoreless for the first two innings before Buster Posey tied the game at 2 with a two-run double in the third inning. Hand, however, would bounce back to strike out the final two batters in the inning to end the threat.
He would allow just a Hunter Pence single in the fifth inning and Posey walk in the sixth inning the rest of the afternoon. Hand is expected to be back on the hill Friday at Houston.