Jeremiah Jenkins missed the first month and a half of the minor league baseball season for the San Francisco Giants organization while recovering from offseason hand surgery.

But the hand is now pain-free and the former University of Maine slugging first baseman and two-time All-American has been making up for lost time.

The 22-year-old Jenkins, a 14th round draft choice of the Giants a year ago and the 418th overall pick, has hit .379 in the month of August with the Class A San Jose Giants. He has a homer and 10 runs batted in.

Including the last three games of July, Jenkins has hit safely in 10 of his last 11 games at a .366 clip.

In Tuesday’s 13-2 win over Lake Elsinore, he had his first three-hit game of the season for San Jose with a double and two singles.

He didn’t play his fir

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