The San Francisco Giants continue to play extremely well, and it has been in large part due to a surprise slugger stepping up. So far this season, the Giants have continued to prove that they are one of the best teams in the National League.

One game in. Game one win. San Francisco Giants starter Landen Roupp threw six shutout innings on Friday night in a 4-0 win over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park. The Giants' primary ...

The San Francisco Giants are taking a bit of a risk to fill the spot in the rotation following Justin Verlander's injury.

Nationals first. CJ Abrams strikes out swinging. Amed Rosario doubles to left field. James Wood homers to right field. Amed Rosario scores. Nathaniel Lowe strikes out swinging. Keibert Ruiz

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There is one metric that could be the driving force behind a San Francisco Giants slugger struggling this year.

Harrison’s first major-league start of the year was never going to be long given that he hadn’t started a game since April 30 with Triple-A Sacramento. Manager Bob Melvin said Harrison’s pitch limit was in the neighborhood of 60 pitches, and Harrison ended at 57 pitches.