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SAN FRANCISCO — With a looming three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers, a clean sweep of the Arizona Diamondbacks would’ve been a boon for the Giants as they chase down the New York Mets for the final NL wild card spot.
It's not just a power stroke, either. The Giants are batting .315 as a team in the past 15 days, 39 points better than the next-best team in the majors (the Blue Jays at .276), and reduced their strikeouts to 87, the third fewest in MLB in this stretch.
In the bottom of the first, runners on first and second, Arizona Diamondbacks starter began his at-bat against Adames with a sinker. Adames hacked and sent the pitch straight off his left knee cap. The impact sent him straight to the ground, the pain great enough to knock him off his feet.
The Giants have three established starters leading their pitching staff in Logan Webb, Robbie Ray and Justin Verlander, but the back end of the rotation is far greener. With Landen Roupp (left knee bone bruise) on the injured list,
ST. LOUIS — In a vacuum, the Giants had an acceptable road trip. They dropped the rubber match to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday at Busch Stadium, but with a sweep of the Colorado Rockies, they’ll fly home with four wins to two losses.
Sometimes, all it takes is a two-week September hot streak to give a team hope in the postseason race, and no team is hotter than the San Francisco Giants right now. On Wednesday night, the Giants survived a ninth-inning push by the Colorado Rockies in a classic Coors Field chaos game ( SF 10,
The Giants are only two games back of a playoff spot, while the Diamondbacks remain stuck at 4.5 games back with 16 to play.
Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith took a trip to Oracle Park on Monday, and the visit was a home run. The San Jose Sharks forwards went to see the MLB game between the San Francisco Giants and the Arizona Diamondbacks, and even took some batting practice before the first pitch.
The hot-hitting San Francisco Giants hope to complete their most powerful three-game home series of the season when they seek to sweep the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday afternoon.
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