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A bullpen that did excellent work behind Alex Wood in Friday’s series opener picked up the slack yet again, but the spotlight from Saturday’s game once again shined on the team’s leading hitter.īelt’s first-inning homer off Gray tied the team’s single-season franchise record and gave him 28 for the season, breaking a tie with Hunter Pence (2013) for the most home runs hit by a Giant since Bonds last played for the club in 2007. Right-hander Anthony DeSclafani gave up two runs in the first inning and became the fifth consecutive Giants starter to fail to complete five innings as he was pulled after four innings and 77 pitches. “It’s pretty cool obviously, but it says a lot about our approach and making sure we get our pitch and that’s what leads to those homers for us. “It means a lot,” Belt said of the record. They may be the best runner-up in the history of divisional play.Belt, who has taken to referring to himself as “The Captain,” crushed a pair of homers off Rockies starter Jon Gray including a go-ahead three-run shot in the fifth inning that marked the Giants’ 236th home run of the season, surpassing the previous single-season franchise record set in 2001 when Bonds carved out another place in the history books with 73 homers. They can start Buehler on Sunday, Scherzer in a potential one-game division playoff Monday and, should they lose that, still have 19-game winner Julio Urias lined up for the wild-card game. Few teams in the wild card era are better suited to handle this week than the Dodgers. Tuesday/Wednesday starters: Logan Webb and Alex Wood for the Giants, Walker Buehler and Max Scherzer for the Dodgers.
So, yes, the Dodgers won’t get a weekend vacation from Brandon Woodruff, Corbin Burnes, Josh Hader and Co. The Dodgers close against Milwaukee, and while the NL Central champs won’t have much on the line, they will want to stay sharp since they have four days off between the end of the regular season and Game 1 of their NL Division Series on Oct. The difference-maker, then: The Giants begin with three at home against Arizona they’re 14-2 against the Diamondbacks this season. The final week: How much pride do the Padres have? They play three against the Dodgers and finish at San Francisco you wonder how many key players they may rest or shut down in this final week after their elimination. And you have to figure Fried will get the ball then if their season is on the line. Why? If the Braves lead or trail the Phillies by a half-game after Sunday, they must play a makeup game against Colorado on Monday at Truist Park. But should the teams tie for the East title, Fried won’t be available for a one-game playoff. Tuesday/Wednesday starters: Zack Wheeler and Aaron Nola go for Philly against Charlie Morton and Max Fried for Atlanta. A sweep would vault them atop the division, and a sweep may be their only option: Atlanta closes at home against the Mets, who have lost 15 of 23 this month. The final week: After threatening to bumble away any chance at contending, the Phillies amazingly have their fate in their hands: Three games at Atlanta starting Tuesday. NL EastĪs it stands: After a sweep of San Diego, the Braves (83-72) hold a 2 ½-game lead over the Phillies (81-75). 2 wild card or the AL wild card game against Toronto or New York the Blue Jays would host the Yankees. Juan Soto in a must-win Game 162 would be spicy.įamily ties: Boston would have home-field advantage for any one-game playoff for the No.
Boston has Chris Sale and Nathan Eovaldi lined up Sale vs. A Cole-Robbie Ray matchup is possible for the wild-card game. Tuesday/Wednesday starters: Jameson Taillon and Gerrit Cole go for the Yankees, with Hyun-jin Ryu and Jose Berrios going for Toronto. The A’s and Mariners open a three-game series Monday at Seattle if one team sweeps, consider them alive heading into the weekend. New York finishes at home against Tampa Bay, and while the Rays have already wrapped up the East, they’re not a team you want to play with survival at stake - particularly when the Blue Jays are hosting three games against the 50-106 Orioles. But it will behoove the Yankees to pile on if they can: The Red Sox finish with six games at Baltimore and Washington. If the Yankees win just one game, they’ll leave Toronto no worse than the No. The final week: All eyes on Toronto, where the Blue Jays and Yankees open a three-game series Tuesday night.
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