If your name is being bandied with Willie Mays', things must be going well. Six games into a season showing great promise for the Giants, that applies to two San Francisco hitters. Buoyed by a two-run homer from Wilmer Flores and a two-run double from Heliot Ramos,

Wilmer Flores is on the best hot streak of his career. This is a guy who only hit four home runs all of 2024 for the San Francisco Giants. This season, in 65 fewer games, he's matched that total. Flores slugged a home run on Wednesday in Houston to lead the Giants to their fifth win in six games.

Wilmer Flores hits a three-run home run to left field to extend the Giants' lead to 5-0 over the Astros in the top of the 6th inning

New Giants president of baseball operations Buster Posey was used to experiencing Opening Day jitters during his playing days, but he felt a different set of emotions as he prepared to take in his first opener as an executive on Thursday.

Wilmer Flores slugged his fourth home run of the season, Heliot Ramos extended his extra-base hit streak and the visiting San Francisco Giants completed a three-game interleague sweep of the Houston Astros with a 6-3 victory on Wednesday.

Wilmer Flores hits an RBI single to left field to give the Giants a 1-0 lead over the Astros in the top of the 2nd inning

The San Francisco Giants know that if they want to improve this season, they need players to step up in their lineup. They appear to have the pitching to compete for a playoff spot in the National League,