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GIANTS       90-50                       First to sweep Colorado at home.

LA                 88-52      2    GB     Wainwright's effort just enough.

San Diego    74-65    15.5  GB     Lead the WC race again. 

Yesterday

Giants defeated Colorado, 7-4, scoring four runs in the top of the ninth.

LA lost at St Louis, 5-4, despite scoring two runs in the top of the ninth.

Today

Giants are idle. They're on their way to Chicago.

LA finishes up at St Louis; can Cards earn a helpful split?

Yesterday's Game

For much of the afternoon this game had "disappointing loss" written all over it. Anthony DeSclafani did not pitch well, and Jon Gray did.  The Rockies led 3-0 after five, with Gray set to cruise a while. Then Brandon Belt and LaMonte Wade singled, and Brandon Crawford hit Gray's first pitch for a three-run homer and a tie game. Buddy Black went to his bullpen, and the Giants left two men on base to end the sixth. In the bottom of the frame, Zack Littell gave up a home run to Elias Diaz and just like that, the Giants were back in a hole. And this one looked as though it would stand. The Giants left two more on in the eighth and faced Carlos Estevez, who has saved three games in the past week, to start the ninth. As do so many rallies, this one began with a leadoff walk-- to Buster Posey in a rare pinch-hit role. Then it was like a flash fire: Thairo Estrada singled, Belt singled, bases loaded. Wade ripped a single to right for two runs and the Giants had the lead. Estevez got Crawford, wild-pitched the runners up a base, but struck out Kris Bryant for the second out. Then Evan Longoria, also pinch-hitting, capped it off with the knockout blow, a two-run double to center, and that gave Jake McGee the elbowroom he needed to work an uneventful bottom of the ninth for his 30th save. That's a sweep, folks, and it's four straight wins and six out of seven, and it's 90 wins and a two-game lead with 22 to play.