Joe Martinez Returns to the Giants: More Than Just a Win in the Boxscore

Before his first career start in the major leagues on Wednesday, the last time we had seen San Francisco Giants pitcher Joe Martinez was when he got hit in the head by a Mike Cameron line drive in the third game of the season.

In between were seven days spent in the hospital and intensive care unit, a trip to San Jose for a couple rehabilitation starts, some minor shoulder inflammation that put his rehab work on hold, and a six-start stint at the Giants' Triple-A affiliate in Fresno.

But now he's back in the big leagues. And he got a win to top it all off.

His line won't blow you away—5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 4 K—but that's expected when a guy is making his first-ever start in the big leagues, let alone somebody who is coming off of what Martinez did in his last ...

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