The San Francisco Giants are hoping that they will get their ace back soon and he looks like the top-of-the-rotation arm they were expecting to have when they signed him this offseason.

Up four runs, the Red Sox didn’t need to use their closer. Matt Chapman singled for San Francisco’s first hit since the fourth inning, but Thairo Estrada grounded into a double play to end it. To avoid a sweep in Boston, the Giants are going to need more hits — and more breaks.

Sure, the Giants offense is no great shakes — a frustrated Jorge Soler gave a perfectly good bat the Bo Jackson treatment Wednesday, snapping it in two over his quadriceps — but the team is a respectable 14-11 with a plus-22 run differential in games started by Logan Webb, Kyle Harrison, Jordan Hicks and Keaton Winn.