By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Tim Hudson continues to be a great addition to the pitching staff for the San Francisco Giants thus far in the early going during the 2014 season.

Hunter Pence drove in Angel Pagan for the Giants first run of the game, as he tripled to the right-center field gap in the bottom of the first inning and the Giants would go on to defeat the Cleveland Indians 5-1 before a sellout crowd of 41,296, the 256th consecutive sellout at AT&T Park.

Michael Morse added another run in that bottom of the first inning, as he hit a sacrifice fly to David Murphy in right field that scored Pence from third base.

That would not be the only run of the night that Morse would drive in, as he slammed a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the fourth inning.

Angel Pagan got the hit parade started in the bottom of the first inning, as he singled off eventual losing pitcher Carlos Carrasco.

With the loss, Carrasco tied a dubious Indians record, as he lost for the 17th consecutive start, tying Justin Masteron, who turned the feat from 2009-2010.

Carrasco’s last win as a starter came on June 29, 2011 against the Arizona Diamondbacks at Chase Field, a span of 33 months.

Not only did the Giants continue to get better at the plate, but Hudson continued to be a dominant pitcher early on this season, as he went seven innings, allowing just one run, scattering four hits, walking two and striking out five and raised his record to 3-1 on the season.

When Hudson walked Carlos Santana in the top of the first inning, it was the first walk allowed by Hudson in 30.2 innings this season.

The 30.2 innings of not allowing a walk to begin a season is a new Giants record.

That walk by Hudson left him 2.1 innings short of tying Tiny Bonham for the second longest streak to start a season, as Bonham went 33.0 innings from April 25-May 14, 1944, a span of four games.

Grover Cleveland Alexander went 51 innings in 1923, a span of six games and that is the longest streak by a pitcher since 1914.

Carrasco went six innings, allowing four runs on five hits, while walking one and striking out six; however his record fall to 0-3 on the 2014 season.

Brandon Crawford drove in the Giants fifth run of the game, as he singled in the bottom of the seventh inning to score Pablo Sandoval from third base.

Sandoval tripled to leadoff the inning against former Oakland A’s reliever Josh Outman with a long triple to the right-center field to almost the exact same spot as Pence hit his in the bottom of the first inning