W     L GB

Philadelphia     76 62 41-26 record on home field

Chicago             75 64 Look out Philly, here they come

Cincinnati     73 68   Knocked Seattle out of first

Miami     71 67 0.5  Still 41 runs to the bad

Arizona             71 68 1   Rockies proved no pushovers

GIANTS             70 69 2 Can't win even when they do score

Yesterday  

Chicago defeated the Giants, 11-8.

Cincinnati defeated Seattle and Miami defeated LA, while Philadelphia lost at San Diego and Arizona lost at home to Colorado.

Today

Giants finish up at Wrigley Field; 1:20 PM start local time, 2:20 EDT.  Alex Wood gets his first start since July 21. Rookie Lefthander Jordan Wicks starts for the Cubs.

The other wild-card rivals continue with their respective series.

Last Night's Game

There's a term for this-- "snakebit." Yes, the Giants opened up their offense, with early homers from LaMonte Wade and Mike Yastrzemski, and what a relief it was to drop in on the sixth inning and see they'd already put up four runs-- even if they were tied 4-4 at that point. J.D. Davis then launched a two-run shot that seemed for all the world like it would carry the day-- but it didn't.   Joc Pederson, quiet of  late, had a big day at the plate (3-for 4 with a walk, a run scored, and a RBI) but he was in left field in the seventh, and that wasn't good. Tyler Rogers had already surrendered a game-tying homer, and with one out Joc misplayed  a routine fly ball into a double. The deluge immediately commenced, and by the time it was over pinch-hitter Christopher Morel's three-run homer off Luke Jackson had capped a six-run seventh, and it was goodbye, Charlie. Wilmer Flores' 21st homer, the Giants' fourth of the night, was too little and too late in the ninth. And so it's five straight losses, and the bullpen we bragged about just yesterday has taken the Giants one more step toward irrelevancy.