By Jeremy Harness

yahoosports.com photo: The San Francisco Giants Brandon Belt who had a great offensive day on Wednesday is looking forward to getting his stroke down at Citi Field in New York starting Friday night

SAN FRANCISCO–Before the Giants head east, they needed to get some kind of rhythm to their game. Thanks to the San Diego Padres and the Miami Marlins, they got just that in abundance.

After getting swept in a four-game series by the Arizona Diamondbacks at home, the Giants needed to get things back on track, and in a hurry. And once again, they got that.

The Giants ruined the San Francisco return of Barry Bonds, now the hitting coach for the Marlins, by taking two of three games at AT&T Park, and then they followed that right up with a three-game sweep of the Padres to get their record back up to above .500.

Their last game, a 13-9 win over San Diego, featured the finest offensive output from the team thus far in the season.

In that game, Hunter Pence went 3-for-3 with a pair of RBI while scoring twice himself. Meanwhile, Brandon Belt himself had three hits and knocked in five runs on his own, two of which came on a triple in the fourth inning that brought in Joe Panik and Matt Duffy that extended the Giants’ lead to 8-4.

The first stop of this two-city road trip is New York, as the Giants will head to Citi Field to face the Mets for a three-game series that starts Friday night. Jake Peavy (1-1, 6.86 ERA), who won his last start in a 7-2 victory over the Marlins last Saturday, will take the hill opposite Mets lefty Steven Matz (2-1, 5.40 ERA).

Saturday may prove to be a tall order for the Giants, however, Matt Cain (0-2, 6.43 ERA) will try to get his first win of the season against Mets All-Star righty Jacob DeGrom (2-0, 1.54 ERA).

After the Giants leave New York, they will head to Cincinnati to face the Reds in a three-game series at the Great American Ball Park.