If your name is being bandied with Willie Mays', things must be going well. Six games into a season showing great promise for the Giants, that applies to two San Francisco hitters. Buoyed by a two-run homer from Wilmer Flores and a two-run double from Heliot Ramos,

Heliot Ramos is proving himself to be a keeper for the Giants after going on a hot streak that has him in Willie Mays territory.

Heliot Ramos became the 19th player to start in left field for the San Francisco Giants over the past 19 season openers, and the move paid off when he homered against the Cincinnati Reds in Thursday's 6-4 victory.

Giants first. Heliot Ramos strikes out swinging. Willy Adames walks. Wilmer Flores homers to left field. Willy Adames scores. Matt Chapman grounds out to shortstop, Jeremy Pena to Christian Walker. Casey Schmitt strikes out swinging.

Heliot Ramos is off to a great start for the San Francisco Giants, and his wife, Carolina Lopez, is loving it.

Ramos will extend the streak when he takes the field at Great American Ballpark on Thursday afternoon. Time will tell if he’s the one to break it. “It would be a privilege, for sure,” Ramos said. “An organization like this, it means a lot. It has a lot of legends. They had a lot of left fielders who were great. It would mean a lot to me.”

Heliot Ramos catches a pop-up in left field for the final out of the game as the Giants come back to win on Opening Day, 6-4