Slater guides Giants past Astros

SAN FRANCISCO —

Slater also stole a base and scored for San Francisco, which took the rubber game of the three-game series in a speedy 2 hours, 7 minutes.The Giants jumped on Framber Valdez for five runs and eight hits in four innings. Valdez threw 59 pitches in his shortest outing of the season, finishing with just one strikeout, his fewest in a game since July 26 when he had one against Texas.Ryan Walker, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval combined for three scoreless innings in relief.

Wilmer Flores gave San Francisco an early lead with a sacrifice fly in the third. Matt Chapman followed with an RBI double.Slater answered with a two-run single in the bottom of the inning, and Heliot Ramos added a sacrifice fly to make it 5-1.Astros: OF Kyle Tucker has not begun baseball activities and is not expected to return Friday when he is eligible to come off the injured list. However, manager Joe Espada did not rule him out for the weekend. ...

Giants: LHP Blake Snell threw off a mound for the first time since going on the IL on June 3. ... RHP Austin Warren pitched a scoreless inning with one strikeout in a rehab outing with Single-A San Jose on Wednesday.Astros: Return home for a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers beginning Friday night. RHP Hunter Brown seeks his fifth straight quality start, while Detroit hadn’t announced a starter.

Giants: Host the Los Angeles Angels in a three-game series starting Friday night. Neither team had announced a starter.

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