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@@@ ST. LOUIS 鈥? arrived at Papago Park in Phoenix on Thursday to get some at-bats in an instructional-league game and was hit by deja vu at the A鈥檚 complex. 鈥淚 sat down and I鈥檓 like, 'This is weird,鈥欌€?Morse said Sunday. Fourteen years ago, the just-drafted prospect hit his first professional home run on that same field in an game. It went to straightaway center. On Thursday, his left oblique fully healed, Morse got a 2-2 curveball from an Oakland prospect and hammered it over the same fence, at the same spot. 鈥淚 went straight around in a circle,鈥?Morse said, referring to his career. That homer, plus the singles he hit afterward, told Morse he is ready to contribute off the bench in the Championship Series. And Morse plainly understands he is here as a reserve. 鈥淚 know my role,鈥?he said. 鈥淚 know what I need to do. Hopefully, I don鈥檛 get used much, because that means the game is in our favor. 鈥淚 think if anybody could contribute in that situation and put up a good at-bat, I鈥檓 the best for it. (In Arizona), I got a chance to work on some things because the at-bats didn鈥檛 count. I got to relax and focus on getting my swing back. My swing felt so good, it almost felt like it did in the beginning of the season.鈥? On Sunday, he got his first major-league at-bat since Sept. 19 as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and hit a single that shortstop stopped with a dive to his right. Manager said he would be comfortable using Morse in left field in a double switch, or if the staff thought the Giants needed another right-handed bat in the lineup. Pitching plans: Bochy made official what everyone expected: will pitch Game3 at AT T Park on Tuesday, his first career LCS start, with pitching Game 4 on Wednesday. 鈥淲e鈥檙e going to keep things in order right now,鈥?Bochy said. 鈥淎gain, if things go a little crazy, extra innings, whatever, we鈥檒l have them all on alert. It鈥檚 all hands on deck in this series.鈥? Briefly: The Giants scored twice against starter , one run on 鈥?infield out after a Brandon Belt single and double, the other on a two-out double by and 鈥檚 single. ... was 3-for-30 in the postseason when he hit an RBI single in the seventh. ... The Giants lost for only the third time in their past 25 postseason games when scoring at least three runs. ... Jon Jay's seventh-inning single was the first off in the postseason since 2010. ... Giants pitchers had thrown 23 consecutive scoreless innings in the postseason against the Cardinals before 's third-inning homer against .

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