Giants 1B Rich Aurilia missed his third straight game Saturday against the Padres while waiting to pass a kidney stone. "I feel better today," he said after the game. "I'm going to try to play tomorrow."

Aurilia dealing with kindey stone

Giants 1B Rich Aurilia was sidelined for the second straight day Friday against the Padres, still waiting to pass a kidney stone.

The Sports Xchange notes that INF Rich Aurilia was hospitalized with a kidney stone and missed Thursday's series finale in Phoenix.

Giants 1B Rich Aurilia had a big night at the plate Tuesday, going 3-for-4 with a solo homer in the second inning of a win over the Rockies.

Giants 1B Rich Aurilia hit a solo home run in the second inning Sunday at the White Sox, his fourth of the year, to give him his 700th career RBI. He finished 1-for-5 with two strikeouts, though, and is 4-for-32 (.125) over his last 11 games.

Giants 1B Rich Aurilia went 3-for-4 with a double, two runs and an RBI on Tuesday at Pittsburgh. He his batting .520 (13-for-25) with three home runs over his last nine games.

Giants 1B Rich Aurilia got Tim Lincecum off the hook for the loss Sunday against the Phillies when he stroked a two-run homer off Cole Hamels in the sixth inning to tie the game at 4. Aurilia had a great day at the plate with two doubles, and finished 3-for-3 with three RBI and one walk. He also extended his hitting streak to seven games (10-for-21).

Giants' Aurilia reaches base four times