Giants bring 1-0 series lead over Nationals
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Its Friday, May 23 and the Giants (29-21) are in Washington to take on the Nationals (23-27). Landen Roupp is slated to take the mound for San Francisco against MacKenzie Gore for Washington. The Giants had the night off, but will be looking to bounce back from their 8-4 loss at the hands of the Royals.
Landen Roupp pitched into the seventh inning, Jung Hoo Lee had two hits and scored two runs, and the San Francisco Giants beat Washington 4-0, ending the Nationals’ five-game winning streak.
Landen Roupp pitched six-plus innings and the visiting San Francisco Giants ended the Washington Nationals' five-game winning streak with a 4-0 win on Friday night.
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.
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Someone will have to pick up the offense when Wilmer Flores finally cools off, and the starting rotation is showing some holes.
Left-hander Kyle Harrison will make his first start of the season for the San Francisco Giants when they play the second contest of their three-game series at the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.
Stitches is betting on the Pirates to beat the visiting Brewers and the host Nationals to topple the Giants on Friday night.
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SB Nation on MSNGiants call up Tristan BeckIn addition to calling up Beck, the Giants announced that Kyle Harrison will take Verlander’s turn in the rotation on Saturday. That means that, after the Spring Training competition, Harrison, Hayden Birdsong, and Landen Roupp are all in the rotation now. Pretty exciting!