The San Francisco Giants took a series win over the Washington Nationals today, defeating them in game two of this series 5-2.
And they did it all with the small ball.
It started off early today, with Mike Yastrzemski leading off the game with a single that was quickly wiped out by Brandon Belt hitting into a double play (not a great day for Belt at the plate, tbh, but more on that later). But Darin Ruf got a walk and Joc Pederson singled, advancing Ruf to third, before Brandon Crawford entered and hit a single up the third base line, past the glove of Maikel Franco, scoring Ruf to get the Giants on the board with a one-run lead.