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GIANTS       93-50                       Can clinch postseason tonight. 

LA                 91-53     2.5   GB    Arizona comes to town.

San Diego    74-68   18.5  GB     Will they toughen up against Jints?

Yesterday

Giants defeated Chicago, 6-5, to sweep the series, sweep the road trip, and win their seventh straight game.

LA swept San Diego with a 8-0 pasting.

Today

Giants host San Diego; 6:45 at the O, 9:45 here. Gabe Kapler will pick someone, or several someones, to oppose Yu Darvish, who's been excellent in both his starts against the Giants this year.

LA hosts the cellar-dwelling Diamondbacks. Clayton Kershaw returns to action after a two-month layoff.  Zac Gallen starts for 'Zona. 

Yesterday's Game

Well, you knew there was going to be one tough game in this series, and the Cubs, despite all the agony-inducing trades, are still a tough ballclub. The Giants got off first, as has been their practice, taking a 3-0 lead for Logan Webb into the fourth. Wilmer Flores and Austin Slater, both fresh off the IL, helped lead the way. But Webb yielded a triple to Rafael Ortega and a homer to Ian Happ, and it was a one-run game. Flores got both runs back right away with a two-run homer in the fifth, and Webb took a 6-3 lead into the seventh having thrown only 73 pitches. But he's never pitched this late into a season before, and after a six-pitch leadoff walk and two first-pitch base hits, it was a one-run game again and Webb yielded to Tyler Rogers. He gave up two more hits, loading the bases, but got out of it with the lead. Tony Watson, perfect of late, was so in the eighth, and Jake McGee survived a one-out double in the ninth for his 31st save.

The Giants' next win, whether it comes tonight or not, will clinch Our Boys' first postseason berth since 2016, and will also ensure the wild-card playoff, if it comes to that, will be played at Oracle Park. Not bad at all for a bunch that was widely expected to finish fourth.