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San Francisco Giants players Aaron Rowand, Jeremy Affeldt and team president Larry Baer will join Major League Baseball Hall of Fame manager Tommy Lasorda at a Safeway store in the city's Potrero Hill neighborhood at noon for the store's annual fundraiser for prostate cancer research.

Downs gets the call over Rohlinger. DeRosa is day-to-day with his hammy.

"I’m told the Giants won’t have a new player in uniform for Saturday afternoon’s game. But if Rowand goes on the DL, good chance Eugenio Velez becomes the center fielder and Darren Ford would be a leading candidate to join the club in a reserve role. I wouldn’t expect the Giants to call up center fielder Francisco Peguero, who is raking for Single-A San Jose. But both guys are on the 40-man roster, for what it’s worth." --Andrew Baggerly on Extra Baggs