| W-L | GB | ||
| Miami | 17-17 | Beat Rays in interstate battle | |
| Colorado | 19-20 | It's awkward to root for LA | |
| GIANTS | 19-21 | 1/2 | Weird: "SF beats Bumgarner" |
| Milwaukee | 18-20 | 1/2 | One loss and two Cardinal wins |
| Cincinnati | 18-22 | 1 1/2 | Beating up on last-place Bucs |
| New York | 18-22 | 1 1/2 | 3 1/2 behind 2nd-place Phillies |
Yesterday
Giants beat Arizona and Madison Bumgarner, 4-3.
Miami, Colorado, Cincinnati and New York won. St Louis beat the Cubs twice, one a makeup game, and moved into NL Central second position ahead of Milwaukee, who lost.
Today
Giants host Arizona at 1:15 PM PDT. Johnny Cueto faces lefty Alex Young. A win plus a loss by either Colorado or Miami moves the Giants into wild-card position.
Last Night's Game
"Bum" gave up a lot of homers last year, and he's giving up a lot this year. Two more flew out of the "O" in the early innings, courtesy of Evan Longoria and Darin Ruf. The real excitement came in the sixth against Artie Lewicki when Mauricio Dubon and Joey Bart belted back to back triples off the right- and left-center field walls. Trevor Cahill was relieved early, and his seven successors held the fort, especially Caleb Baragar, Sam Coonrod, Jarlin Garcia, Sam Selman, and Tony Watson, who got his first save.
Bumgarner is now 0-4 with a 8.44 ERA. Impossible to tell if this would have happened had he stayed in SF, but right now Farhan Zaidi has to feel like he dodged a bullet over the winter... Good to see Austin Slater back in there, even as DH, even though he went 0-for-5 leading off... Trevor Gott and Tyler Rogers continue to inspire trepidation every time they take the mound... Ain't it nice to see three Giants regulars with OPS over a thousand?
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