LOS ANGELES -- Perhaps nobody in baseball used the All-Star break downtime to their advantage like Giants rookie Tyler Fitzgerald, who now has a home run in five consecutive games for San Francisco.

Fitzgerald’s latest home run came in the second inning of Tuesday's 5-2 loss to the Dodgers, a drive to left field against another rookie in Los Angeles right-hander Landon Knack.

The last Giants player to hit a home run in five consecutive games was Barry Bonds, who had eight homers in a seven-game span in 2004.

Fitzgerald also became the first Giants rookie since at least 1900 to hit a home run in five straight games.

Fitzgerald, whose Monday homer came against Dodgers left-hander Ryan Yarbrough, had just two home runs in 35 games before the break and now has six on the season and eight in 49 career games.

The 26-year-old’s current streak started with a homer on July 9 against Toronto and two more in consecutive games at Colorado over the weekend, prior to the series in Los Angeles.

"I’m feeling pretty good and just trying to hit their mistakes,” Fitzgerald said after his home run Monday. “Taking a lot of swings and getting here early and preparing the right way and going about it the right way. Just taking advantage of how I feel right now, because in this game it never lasts. Just try to see it and take good swings."