The Giants doubled their lead to 4-0 in the top of the eighth inning when Wilmer Flores drove in Lee with a single — tying the Cubs’ Seiya Suzuki for the most in the National League — and Chapman scored from third on a wild pitch. Following Flores’ RBI single, a group of Giants fans began a “Let’s go Giants” chant in the lower bowl.

The San Francisco Giants are changing up their look for some road games going forward and offered an overly contrived explanation as to why.

After a potential tying double went just foul, Washington left the tying run 180 feet away as San Francisco held on to take the three-game series.

After a delightful 4-0 win on Friday, the San Francisco Giants will look to start their road trip with consecutive victories, and clinch a series win against the Washington Nationals.

This San Francisco Giants team wasn’t selling itself as an offensive juggernaut. Pitching and defense, its top executives preached, would carry them. This isn’t a team built to outslug opponents, so the Giants entered the year with plans to keep their approach at the plate simple and apply pressure on opposing defenses to manufacture runs.

Sandy Alcantara may be the top arm available, and R.J. Anderson believes the Giants could be a fit for the former Cy Young and two-time All-Star. "His velocity is back and he's ge

The Washington Nationals have been having one of the better offensive teams this week. They were able to take themselves out of a hopeless lull of maybe getting a couple of runs in a game to putting the squad's offensive ceiling on full display against the Baltimore Orioles and Atlanta Braves.

San Francisco Giants (29-21, second in the NL West) vs. Washington Nationals (23-27, fourth in the NL East) Washington; Friday, 6:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Giants: Landen Roupp (2-3, 4.30 ERA, 1.