The Nationals enter with one of baseball's hottest offenses, while the SF Giants are still searching for runs as they try to salvage a rough road trip.
Turner Hill returned to Double-A for the third straight season to start the year. That proved to be a brief experiment, as the SF Giants moved him up to Triple-
SF Giants reliever Erik Miller had a clutch save on Thursday against the Reds and gained legend status, as well as dibs on the closer role, with his guts.
The SF Giants avoided a sweep with a fiery win on Thursday and there are four important takeaways from the series as a whole which they must build upon.
The SF Giants are playing bad baseball right now and if that continues then the Giants may have to think about trading away these five players at the deadline.
The SF Giants had a heated moment on Wednesday between pitcher JT Brubaker, umpire Quinn Wolcott, and Reds batter Spencer Steer which carried over to Thursday.