Alen Hanson’s pinch hit home run

Alen Hanson had three stellar pinch hit appearances in this latest Diamondbacks series: a 2-RBI double in the 10-3 win Monday night, a 1-out double in the ninth inning when the Giants were mounting a comeback (that ultimately failed), and yesterday’s stunning 2-run home run off of Brad Boxberger to tie the game and send it to extra innings.

I was all excited to write about how Hanson was on pace to break San Francisco pinch-hitting records, based in part on the incorrect assumption that his home run against the Dodgers in that 15-6 blowout loss on April 28th came as a pinch-hitter (it had not! He had been subbed into the game for defense). So, as cool as that story might’ve been — Alen…