The Giants throw another shutout--their 18th--and beat the Padres to reduce their magic number to one. That's seven wins in a row. One more and they are NL West champs. Anthony DeSclafani strung together five zeros and they rewarded him with a quick hook (71 pitches). But that's OK, the bullpen got it done. The 'pen racked up more IP in September than the starters and the Giants went 21-6! Jose Alvarez, Dominic Leone, Tyler Rogers, and Camilo Doval finished it. Doval got another critical save and seems immune to the pennant-chase pressure. Rogers pitched two innings yesterday and still another scoreless inning today. That was his 80th appearance.
Darin Ruf hit a homer in the 1st, and Mike Yastrzemski got an excuse-me RBI single to make it 2-0. LaMonte Wade (who else?) hit a sac fly in the 6th to drive in Donovan Solano (he led off with a double) and that was the third run.
The Giants need one more win. Kevin Gausman gets the start tomorrow afternoon, 1:05 Pacific.
GO GIANTS!!
WIN THE WEST!!
--M.C.
p.s. Wade was also presented with the Willie Mac Award. He certainly deserves it. What a season he's had!
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