GIANTS 95-51 Win 9, lose one, and lose ground.
LA 94-53 1.5 GB Now on their way to Cincinnati.
Yesterday
Giants lost to San Diego, 9-6.
LA defeated Arizona, 5-3, their sixth straight win.
Today
Giants finish up with San Diego. Daytime start at Oracle Park, 12:45 PDT, 3:45 EDT. Kevin Gausman goes for his 15th win against Pierce Johnson, who has a 2.98 ERA in 56 games, all but one of those in relief.
LA is idle. They open a weekend series at Cincinnati on Friday night. The Reds have fallen behind the Cardinals and the Padres in the second wild-card race.
Last Night's Game
Well, all good things must come to an end, and it's the same with the nine-game streak. What really bites is that those nine straight wins bought the Giants only two and a half games, because LA has won six straight and 8 of 10 at the same time. After two successful starts, the Dominic Leone "opener" gambit blew up big-time last night. Leone retired but one batter while giving up two hits. Out he went, in came Jarlin Garcia, and good old Adam Frazier, who's been doing this to the Giants all year with Pittsburgh, did it again with his new club, driving in both runners with a double. Garcia and Zack Littell combined to allow three more in the second, though to be fair the trouble started with a most uncharacteristic error by Brandon Crawford. It was 5-0 before the Giants got their first hit, but to their credit they battled back as they always do, starting with Even Longoria's answer-back RBI double in the second. The pitching settled down, rather uneasily, with Kervin Castro, Jay Jackson, and Jose Quintana scoreless through six. It was 5-3 and reachable by then thanks to homers from Thairo Estrada and Kris Bryant. But Quintana stayed in an inning too long, surrendering two in the top of the seventh, and after Steven Duggar and Brandon Belt homered in the bottom, the Padres made sure with two more off Jose Alvarez in the ninth. Ultimately, four solo homers were no match for 16 hits, including 7 for extra bases.
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