Giants’ Hunter Pence upbeat in clubhouse despite broken arm
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San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence (8) grounds out to Chicago Cubs' Tommy La Stella during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
San Francisco Giants' Hunter Pence (8) grounds out to Chicago Cubs' Tommy La Stella during the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game Thursday, March 5, 2015, in Scottsdale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. >> Despite a cast on his left arm, Hunter Pence arrived upbeat in the San Francisco Giants clubhouse on Friday.
Pence is scheduled to miss six to eight weeks after a pitch by Chicago Cubs’ Corey Black fractured his left forearm on Thursday.
Pence says he heals “pretty fast, generally, usually quicker” than expected.
Pence has played in 383 consecutive games — the longest active streak in the majors — since the Giants traded for him in July 2012. He hit .277 with 20 home runs and 74 RBI last year for the World Series champion Giants.
Juan Perez, who hit .170 in 61 games last season, started in Pence’s place Friday in right field against the Texas Rangers.
