The Giants have three games left in their disappointing season and they take on the LA Dodgers who are fighting for a playoff spot. The boys in blue are one game back of the Colorado Rockies for the NL West top spot and a game ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals for the second Wild Card berth (the Milwaukee Brewers* have clinched the other). The urgency for the Dodgers should add some frisson to the matchups, with nothing left for the Giants but bumping their rivals we could see some good games. Madison Bumgarner gets the call tonight against Hyun-Jin Ryu. Rookie Dereck Rodriguez faces Clayton Kershaw tomorrow, and rookie Andrew Suarez takes on rookie Walker Buehler on Sunday. The Giants, I suppose, are itching to play spoiler. I sure hope so--it's not much but it beats finishing in fourth place. If the Rockies and Dodgers tie, they will play a tiebreaker Monday in LA. If the Cardinals catch up and force a three-way tie, the winner of Monday's game will play in St. Louis on Tuesday to determine the Wild Card, and that game (vs. Cubs or Brewers) would be on Wednesday.
Enjoy!
--M.C.
*The Brewers are a game back of the Chicago Cubs and could still win the NL Central. If they tie, they play a tiebreaker Monday in Wrigley.
4 comments:
God, I hope there is a tie involving as many teams as is possible. Until the other day, the NL Central could have had a 3 way tie for first, and the Rockies and LA could have also been tied with the same number of victories (91). But then the Brewers and Cubs had to spoil that by winning and the Cardinals spoiled it by losing.
I'm thinking the Cards are done--they've lost four straight.
Yeah, those were against the Brewers, too, just whom they needed to beat.
I have this visceral hatred for the Dodgers and hope the Giants crush their playoff hopes. Also I'm hoping the FBI finds enough to crush the drunken prep boy's chances.
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