San Francisco Giants Fan Gives Back Travis Ishikawa HR Ball

The San Francisco Giants fan that caught Travis Ishikawa’s game-winning, and series-clinching, home run ball from Game Five of the NLCS has returned it, and got World Series tickets for his trouble.

The San Francisco Giants fan who caught Travis Ishikawa’s game-winning home run from Game Five of the National League Championship Series against the St. Louis Cardinals has returned the ball, and picked up an autographed bat as well as four tickets to see his Giants host the Kansas City Royals in Game Three of the World Series.

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The fan who caught the ball was named Frank Burke, and he happily traded the ball to Ishikawa in person for an autographed bat. Burke also asked for World Series tickets, but was told by a Giants official it might not be possible. Burke said he would give the ball back either way, but was surprised the next morning when he was informed by the Giants that he had four tickets to see Game Three at AT&T Park on Friday.

“Ishikawa is the guy who hit the ball,” Burke said. “I’m just the lucky guy who caught it.”

Burke will take his luck to the World Series, and he probably hopes it rubs off on the Giants.

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