by Jeremy Kahn

The Giants who are paying a visit to the Houston Astros opened the series with Chris Heston pitching for the Giants threw a two hitter and did it against one of the toughest clubs in the big leagues. It was a complete game for Heston and an 8-1 victory for the Giants and Heston pitched so well he retired the last 22 batters in a row. The Giants have found their niche with the fifth starter in the rotation behind Madison Baumgarner and Tim Hudson.

This was a great night to keep the bullpen rested too with the likes of Santiago Casilla, Sergio Romo, Yusmeiro Petit, Jermey Affeldt, Javier Lopez, and Jean Machi these guys have been throwing a lot so far this season. This was one of the quickest games this season and the Giants have been playing better as of late. They had a 7-3 home stand and now their on the road in Houston and their heading to Cincinnati on Thursday.

These are important games for the next six games because the Giants are only home for three games before they return to the road again.

Bonds and Baker what their induction means to the Bay Area Sports Hall of Fame: Former San Francisco Giants manager Dusty Baker and former Giant outfielder Barry Bonds who came through with 762 home runs. It is the most hollowed record in all of sport and Barry set the record on August 7, 2007 and I was there when he set the all time home run record.

It was one of the most memorable accomplishment in sports that I’ve seen in my life and I’ve been to numerous sporting events in my lifetime. For Dusty Baker he really deserved it and he was a manager for the San Francisco Giants for over ten years. The Giants went to the World Series for the first time since 1962 in 2002 and they went all the way to game seven in the 02 series.

Dusty played for the Braves, Giants and played for the A’s for his last season in 1986 and he was with the Giants in 1984-85. A side note Baker and Barry’s father former outfielder Bobby Bonds grew up together in Riverside California and the day Barry was born in 1964 Dusty held Barry and they were kids and Dusty was 16 years old when Barry was born.

Jeremy Kahn is the San Francisco Giants beat writer for http://www.sportsradioservice.com listen to his podcast below