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GIANTS       95-50                      DeSclafani wins 12th, team 9th straight.

LA                 93-53   2.5   GB     Urias might win 20 games this year.

Yesterday

Giants defeated San Diego, 6-1.

LA defeated Arizona, 8-4. 

    

Today

Giants host San Diego again; 6:45 local, 9:45 EDT. Dominic Leone, the Designated Opener, will open for the second time in three days. Joe Musgrove (10-9, 2.93) starts for the Padres. If they're ever gonna play spoiler, he's the guy they want on the mound-- although the Giants did beat him twice in one week back in May. But he's a good one.

LA hosts Arizona, with Julio (17-3) Urias going against Merrill Kelly. 

Last Night's Game

Anthony DeSclafani went deep into the game at a time the team needed it most, and the persevering right-hander earned his 12th win, allowing three hits, one walk, one run, and striking out three over six and two-thirds. It was 3-1 with one on and two out when Gabe Kapler pulled "Des" for Tony Watson against the hard-hitting Jurickson Profar. Watson, who has been lights-out lately, got the third out, and the Giants made it easier on Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval by scoring three more in the late innings. Buster Posey had opened the scoring with his 18th homer in the first inning, and two throwing errors by the Padres led to two Giants runs.  

Notes

We see former Giant Adam Duvall, with the Atlanta Braves, is leading the league with 101 RBI. He's second in the NL with 35 homers, and despite a .285 OBP, Duvall has resurrected a career that appeared all but over in 2018. Atlanta has been a definite tonic for the slugger. The Giants, you may recall, gave him up six years ago to get Mike Leake for two months... Speaking of former Giants, Joe Panik has started 22 games as a utility man for Miami this year. He may wish he were still in Toronto, where he was a year ago, the way the Blue Jays are playing of late... The Giants treated "old buddy" Mark Melancon, he of the Break-That-Bank contract back in 2017, rather rudely last night, scoring two runs off him in the eighth on only one hit... Back in Atlanta, Pablo Sandoval has 86 AB in 69 games. Don't know if he'll be on the postseason roster... Christian Arroyo, whom we once hailed as the Giants' Next Star in the Making, has gotten into 53 games with Boston, though he's currently on the IL, which is the real story of his career so far... Derek Holland, who pitched so well for the Giants in 2018, is carrying a 5.61 ERA for Detroit... And lefthander Ty Blach, now 30, is trying to work his way back into the major leagues while toiling in the Baltimore system.