Houston Astros at San Francisco Giants

With the victory music pumping in the visiting clubhouse, the Astros couldn’t pack and leave Oracle Park fast enough on Wednesday afternoon. The Giants, who traded away one of their best starting pitchers and their best hitter at the Trade Deadline, gave Houston everything it could handle for three games and even flirted with a series sweep. The Astros, who were one strike away from losing Monday’s series opener before rallying to win in extra innings, pulled out a 2-1 series finale victory that was also about as ugly as it gets. Houston used sacrifice flies from Nelson Velázquez in the seventh and Nick Allen in the eighth to back 8 1/3 scoreless innings from their bullpen. “Good teams find a way and we did,” Astros manager Joe Espada said. “We finished strong this road trip -- \[going\