Giants presented with opportunities to evaluate and experiment in final six weeks

San Francisco Giants’ Austin Slater (53) is welcome back in the dugout by San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy after scoring on a triple by Alen Hanson (19) against the Pittsburgh Pirates in the fifth inning of a MLB game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, Calif., on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. (Ray Chavez/Bay Area News Group)NEW YORK–After the Giants went 5 2/3 innings without recording a hit against Reds starter Matt Harvey Saturday, manager Bruce Bochy woke up Sunday and felt compelled to shake up the lineup.

It’s a tactic he’s tried several times since the All-Star break, and who could blame him? The Giants aren’t scoring and they’re not quite ready to make wholesale changes to their roster,…