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The San Francisco Giants' starting rotation is about to get a major boost over the next few days. That help begins to arrive Saturday when Kyle Harrison returns from injury to face the Cleveland Guardians, who've lost just one home series this season. The Giants are hoping to secure a third consecutive victory and fourth straight winning series.

Before San Francisco welcomes back reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell next week, and possibly Robbie Ray and Alex Cobb soon after, Harrison (4-3, 3.96 ERA) returns from an ankle injury to make his first start since June 10. In that contest, the left-hander allowed a run and four hits with no walks and three strikeouts in 6 1/3 innings in the Giants' 4-3, 10-inning home victory over the Houston Astros.



"(That) was just his best stuff we've seen in a while," Giants manager Bob Melvin said of Harrison, who pitched into the seventh for only the second time in 14 starts this season. Now healthy, Harrison hopes to help the Giants continue their surge after opening this three-game series with a 4-2 victory Friday. Michael Conforto hit a two-run double in the first inning, and seven Giants pitchers contained a Cleveland offense that entered averaging five runs.

The Giants have won eight of 11 while taking consecutive series versus the Chicago Cubs, rival Los Angeles Dodgers and Atlanta Braves. "Everything is kind of clicking," Conforto told NBC Sports Bay Area. "There's just a lot of really great things happening right.

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