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Philadelphia     77 63 Two-game lead holds

Chicago             76 66         Cooling off at a bad time

Arizona             74 68   Cubs haven't been any trouble

Miami     73 68 0.5  Win streak ends; starting another?

Cincinnati     73 70 1.5  Cardinals playing spoiler here?

GIANTS             71 70 2.5 Don't bury me 'cause I'm not dead yet

Yesterday

Giants defeated Colorado, 9-8, rallying twice to snap their six-game losing streak.

Miami defeated Philadelphia, and Arizona won their second straight at Chicago. Cincinnati lost at home to St. Louis. 

Today

Giants host Colorado, 6:05 PDT, 9:05 EDT. Logan Webb starts against Chase Anderson. 

Arizona is at Chicago again; perhaps the Cubs can earn a split this weekend and help us out.  Miami's at Philadelphia and Cincinnati hosts St Louis. 

Last Night's Game

It was looking bad. Kyle Harrison, who is learning how to pitch to major-league hitters while also trying to shore up a depleted rotation in the middle of a playoff race, gave up four runs (three earned) over five innings, and we dozed off withscore 4-0 and  the radio on, convinced the Giants would never hit anyone again in 2023.  When we woke back up it was 7-6 in the seventh. The Giants had erupted with back-to-back-to-back homers by Wilmer Flores, Mitch Haniger, and J.D. Davis off our old friend Ty Blach in the sixth to tie it, and after Taylor Rogers returned the favor in the top of the seventh by surrendering a three-run shot to Elias Diaz, Blake Sabol launched a two-run homer, the Giants' fourth of the game, to deepest center field. Luis Matos then doubled to put the tying run at second with nobody out, but the Rockies brought in Jake Bird and he retired the side without further damage. That set up the thrilling eighth and the shaky ninth. John Brebbia kept it quiet in the top of the eighth, and Bird opened the bottom by hitting pinch-hitter Brandon Crawford with a pitch. Singles by Paul DeJong and Mike Yastrzemski tied it, then Evan Justice replaced Bird and he hit Sabol with a pitch, loading the bases. Wilmer Flores and LaMonte Wade then forced in two lead runs with walks, and Justin Lawrence was obliged to come in and belatedly close the barn door. In the ninth, Camilo Doval gave up one hit while getting the first two outs. Nolan Jones, who had homered earlier, then doubled in a run, but Doval got Brendan Rogers to end it on a comebacker.  

Notes

Alex Cobb, whose rotation turn is today, was pushed back two days after taking a cortisone shot in his hip... Going against a lefthander, Gabe Kapler had Austin Slater and Thairo Estrada in the 1-2 spots, but both were late scratches due to minor illness. In came Matos and Flores, who went a combined 6-for-8... Patrick Bailey is not expected back until late next week... Matos was thrown out at the plate in the third trying to score from second on Flores' single... Brebbia was the only one of five Giants pitchers who didn't allow a run.