Giants first baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. will miss at least four weeks with a left hamstring strain, the team announced Tuesday.
Wade, who is batting .333 with two home runs this season, has been a regular at the top of the Giants' lineup. He re-aggravated the hamstring after a hard slide into second on a double on Monday. It's the same injury that kept him out of the lineup over the weekend. 'He's as good a left-handed hitter that there is in the league right now,' manager Bob Melvin said.
' Wade was diagnosed with a Grade 2 strain. The Giants placed the 30-year-old on the 10-day injured list. Melvin said Wilmer Flores and Trenton Brooks are expected to fill in at first base. Brooks was called up from Triple-A Sacramento to make his major league debut Tuesday against the Philadelphia Phillies, batting ninth. Brooks, who was batting .
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