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.

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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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Doval’s pitch usage also looks fairly different as well. Last year, Doval threw his slider roughly half the time (51.5%), complimenting the breaking ball with his cutter (34.9%) and sinker (13.8%). This season, Doval continues to rely on his slider (53.5%) but has upped his cutter usage (44.2%) and nearly eliminated his sinker (2.3%).

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In 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!