The 2026 season for the San Francisco Giants has been kind of a play-it-by-ear process, as the wheels fell off this year's squad before June. With nothing to play for, San Francisco manager Tony Vitello is in a strange position of strength: He can mix and match, trying anything, just to make it to the finish line of the campaign. But it was the first time the San Francisco skipper has tried it out this season. The results were just what Vitello was looking for, as the Giants got a solid 5-2 win over the Tigers. I don’t think it was necessarily about strategy tonight,” Vitello said to reporters, including the San Francisco Chronicle (subscrption required).