Burriss indeed has another fracture, plus notes from today's games

An MRI and a CT scan saw the bad news that an X-ray missed. Infielder Emmanuel Burriss did refracture the bone in his left foot, an injury that cost him most of the 2009 season.

Burriss got the news Saturday from Giants podiatrist Dr. Larry Oloff, who flew to Arizona from San Francisco to discuss the injury with Burriss and the team’s medical staff. Manager Bruce Bochy said Burriss will wear a walking boot for four weeks to stabilize the bone before he is re-evaluated. Meanwhile, third baseman Ryan Rohlinger will start taking groundballs at short.

Before he got the news, Burriss said the foot remained sore.

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The Giants have had so many hitting prospects look good in the minors then fail in the majors, it's hard to get too excited about anybody until he actually gets up to the bigs and proves himself.

At the same time, it was hard to watch 22-year-old shortstop Brandon Crawford crush an opposite-field homer against major-league reliever Blaine Boyer today and not be awed.

It was a blast and a half.

Crawford, out of UCLA, said much of his power has been to left field, which is not a bad thing for a left-handed hitter who hopes to play in San Fran.

"The ball tends to go out more to left-center than right-center for me," Crawford said. "They say you learn how to pull the ball when you get older. Going the other way is a good way to start."

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Jonathan Sanchez's line in the boxscore from his first Cactus start looks odd: three hits and three walks in two innings, but no runs.

The story is, he had no slider and spent a lot of his time in the mound trying to throw it for strikes, which he couldn't do. But when he needed outs, Sanchez went to his baby, the high fastball, and got swinging strikes. He fanned three overall.

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The Giants' first loss of the spring came at Maryvale, where a split squad lost 12-1 to the Brewers. The Giants largely used prospects on the mound, with Kevin Pucetas throwing three shutout innings to start.

The interesting thing in that boxscore was the Giants hitting four Brewers before the Brewers finally hit a Giants, catcher Jackson Williams. Given the whole Prince Fielder episode, you might think Milwaukee wanted to send a message, but Williams said none of the HBPs, including his, looked intentional.