Hill went 1-for-4 with a stolen base and a run scored in Saturday's 10-4 loss to the Dodgers.
Hill has gone 5-for-20 (.250) with a homer and three RBI over the first five games of the Giants' last road trip of the year. The outfielder has struggled to adjust in his first taste of the majors, batting .239 with a .673 OPS across 29 contests. He's added a home run, 15 RBI, 12 runs scored, six doubles and two steals through 110 plate appearances.
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Giants' Turner Hill: Blasts first career homer
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Hill went 2-for-4 with a solo homer, three RBI and a walk during Tuesday's 10-3 win over the Cardinals.
Hill belted his first career home run in the ninth inning off Cade Winquest to extend the Giants' lead. The 27-year-old also contributed an RBI single and an RBI groundout earlier in the game. Hill is now slashing .250/.351/.363 with one homer and 15 RBI over 97 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Turner Hill: Not in Sunday's lineup
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Hill is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Padres.
Hill started the previous five games and will get a day off after going 1-for-19 with a double and two walks during that stretch. Drew Gilbert, Jonah Cox and Jung Hoo Lee are starting from left to right in the outfield while Scott Bandura makes his MLB debut as the designated hitter.
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Giants' Turner Hill: Multi-hit effort in defeat
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Hill went 2-for-4 with an RBI and a walk in Friday's 10-6 loss to the Mets.
Hill logged a base hit in the fifth inning and added an RBI single in the seventh. The 27-year-old outfielder has recorded at least one hit in four of the last five games, batting .471 with six RBI and four runs scored in 22 plate appearances during that span. Overall, he's slashing .333/.426/.438 with 12 RBI, seven runs scored, five doubles and a stolen base across 61 plate appearances this season.
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Giants' Turner Hill: Drives in game-winning run
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Hill went 1-for-4 with two RBI during the Giants' 5-4, extra-inning win over the Pirates on Wednesday.
The Giants scored two runs in the 10th inning, the second coming off the bat of Hill on a sacrifice fly that ended up being the game-winning run after the Pirates scored one of their own in the bottom of the frame. Hill has driven in two runs in three of his last five games and is up to 11 RBI with an .856 OPS across 52 plate appearances since making his major-league debut Aug. 15.
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Giants' Turner Hill: Contract selected by Giants
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The Giants selected Hill's contract from Triple-A Sacramento on Thursday.
It's the first major-league promotion for Hill, who has had an excellent season at Sacramento, posting a .353/.420/.529 batting line with nine home runs, 22 stolen bases and a 37:31 BB:K over 88 contests. The 27-year-old will likely serve as a backup at all three outfield spots.
