Rafael Devers and Casey Schmitt hit home runs, Kai-Wei Teng recorded his first major league win and the San Francisco Giants opened a key nine-game homestand with a 5-0 victory over the Washington Nationals on Friday night.

Opener Matt Gage combined with Teng and relievers Joey Lucchesi, Jose Butto and Tristan Beck on a four-hitter, helping the Giants snap an eight-game home losing streak.

It took San Francisco only seven pitches to take a lead it would never relinquish when Devers bombed his 21st home run of the season, his sixth as a Giant, well over the fence in right-center field.

The hosts added another first-inning run off Nationals starter Jake Irvin (8-7) on consecutive singles by Willy Adames, Dominic Smith and Matt Chapman, then doubled the margin on Schmitt's seventh homer of

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