A high number of returning Augusta GreenJackets joined the next round ofSanFranciscoGiants prospects this week to make up this year's version of the roster. 

Barry Zito's first two seasons with the San Francisco Giants have been a disappointment, but the club still believes the onetime ace can build off a strong finish to 2008 and regain the success he once enjoyed on the other side of the bay. 

Giants rookie pitcher Joe Martinez was two strikes away from walking off the mound after a solid first series in the major leagues. 

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Randy Johnson's Giants debut was pretty good except for one pitch he threw to the opposing pitcher. 

--OF Dave Roberts, who was released with one year left on his contract, has joined the Giants' pre- and post-game broadcast team. 

The Giants were confident heading into the season. 

Although Yovani Gallardo is the first pitcher ever to homer off the Big Unit, he insists his first victory for the Milwaukee Brewers in nearly 19 months means more to him than his historic hit. 

Yovani Gallardo pitched neatly into the seventh inning and also hit a three-run homer off Randy Johnson to spoil the Big Unit's debut with the San Francisco Giants, leading the Milwaukee Brewers to a 4-2 victory Wednesday night. 

Matt Cain is regarded as one of the top young pitchers in the majors, but his record over the past two seasons hasn't backed up that status thanks to a lack of run support from his San Francisco Giants teammates. 

Yovani Gallardo instinctively hacked at the high fastball, not thinking much about the pitching great who had thrown it, and his three-run homer dropped sharply beyond the fence in the left-field corner. 

The 2009 salaries for the top 100 highest-paid major league baseball players on opening day rosters and disabled lists. 

Astros 3, Cubs 2 10 innings 

The Giants were confident heading into the season. 

--RHP Tim Lincecum, who lasted just three innings Tuesday (matching the shortest outing of his career), was among five homegrown players in the opening-day lineup.