GIANTS 90-50 Bryant returns to Wrigley Field.
LA 88-53 2.5 GB Cardinals did their part.
San Diego 74-65 15.5 GB Weekend series at Dodger Stadium.
Yesterday
Giants were idle.
LA lost at St Louis, 2-1, and dropped a half-game back in the race.
Today
Giants at Chicago; 1:20 PM local time, 2:20 EDT. A bullpen game for the Giants. Lance Hendricks, who's won 14 games despite a mediocre ERA, starts for the Cubs. He got a win over Johnny Cueto at Oracle Park three months ago.
LA hosts San Diego in the first of a three-game set at Chavez Ravine. A fine time for the Padres to step up. They lead the wild-card race by one game.
Notes
Cincinnati (1 game back), St Louis (3), Philadelphia (3 1/2) and the Mets (5) are in the second wild-card hunt with San Diego. The Mets and Phillies are also very much alive in the NL East race, trailing Atlanta by a similar margin.
The real action is over in the American League, where five teams-- Boston, the Yankees, Toronto, Houston, and Seattle-- are battling it out for two wild-card spots. The Yankees, who were so hot a couple of weeks ago, are now free-falling, losing six in a row and 8 of 10. The Red Sox, who looked so bad a couple of weeks ago, have now moved up into prime position. And Toronto is coming up fast on the outside, winning eight straight and 9 of 10. They're a half-game behind New York and one behind Boston. Oakland and Seattle, in the AL West, are still within sight of division leader Houston, and are two games behind Boston for the wild-card. But watch out for Toronto. Their projected record is seven games better than their actual record, and if any team looks likely to stay hot down the stretch, it's Those Darn Canadians.
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