they have the best seven-game winning streak against division rival houston, tony kevin, the former astros chillaxing. marcus simeon won last night. today, leads off with a solo home run. a nice book jend. as in a flash. cruising five on saturday and a little later, check out kyle tucker. he will try to bunt for a hit. look at cat-like quickness off the bump. feel this position. throw on over to 1st for the out. pitchers are athletes too. bottom 8. solo shot to right center, as win 3-1. that's eight in a row now a four-and-a-half game lead over houston in the als. >> you know what, we're playing great. you know, still, maybe offensively, we have a little bit more that we can accomplish. we did just enough over the course of the game to keep getting momentum swings and finish off in the 9th. >> last night's starters for the giants, a 10-day il with shoulder impingement. he was roughed up, 5 and four innings. a cough go so far for samardzija. here's the skipper on the shark. >> shark share day. he just had trouble getting loose and that he wasn't able to really rip his pitches the way he wan