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As in, whatever happened to Joe Panik, the Giants’ everyday second baseman, the Opening Day leadoff hitter who homered off Clayton Kershaw and Kenley Jansen in the first two games of the season at Dodger Stadium for consecutive 1-0 wins? In fairness, he would have had a second at-bat had Austin Slater not been thrown out at home to end the ninth inning Tuesday night. Panik’s disappearance during the Dodgers series reflected a rarity for the Giants, the marginalization of a 27-year-old mainstay. In a season that devolved through a hitting decline and injuries to his thumb and groin that cost him 48 games, Panik has become a platoon player, sharing second base with right-handed-hiting Chase d’Arnaud and switch-hitter Alen Hanson.
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