Giants' Hunter Pence: Could return as soon as Saturday

Pence (hamstring) is feeling good and could return as soon as Saturday, Alex Pavlovic of CSN Bay Area reports.

Analysis:

The Giants seemed insistent on slow-playing Pence despite his success with Triple-A Sacramento while on a rehab assignment, but it seems they are changing their tune. Pence homered in Wednesday's game with Sacramento, his second straight game with a homer, and is now batting .450 through six rehab games. While nothing's set in stone, Pence appears to have a chance to return for the final two games of the Nats series.