Giants swept by Diamondbacks as playoff chances slip away
The Giants have lost five of their past six, fell to 76-76 for the season, and are 3 1/2 games back for the final playoff spot.
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The Giants have lost five of their past six, fell to 76-76 for the season, and are 3 1/2 games back for the final playoff spot.
Ketel Marte had four hits, Zac Gallen earned his 16th win and the Arizona Diamondbacks won their fourth straight game by beating the San Francisco Giants 8-4.
San Francisco's playoff chances were damaged Saturday when the Colorado Rockies swept the Giants 9-5 and 5-2 in a day-night doubleheader, taking advantage of seven walks in the opener and two errors and a pair of wild pitches in the nightcap.
Colorado's Nick Mears allowed a leadoff double to San Francisco's J.D. Davis in the ninth inning to end a combined no-hit bid by the Rockies against the Giants on Friday night.
LaMonte Wade Jr. hit a game-winning sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Cleveland Guardians 6-5.
LaMonte Wade Jr. lined a single in front of sliding center fielder Myles Straw in the 10th inning to drive in Blake Sabol with the winning run, and the San Francisco Giants rallied past the Cleveland Guardians 5-4.
Logan Webb pitched six scoreless innings for his first win in more than a month, Thairo Estrada homered and had three RBIs, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 9-1.
Wilmer Flores drew a bases-loaded walk in the eighth to bring home the go-ahead run after Mike Yastrzemski hit a tying RBI single that inning and the Giants came back twice to beat the Rockies 9-8 on Friday night.
San Francisco dropped back to .500 with its sixth consecutive loss.
Juan Soto, Xander Bogaerts, Gary Sanchez and Garrett Cooper homered to carry the Padres to a 6-1 victory against the Giants on Saturday night.
The Padres beat San Francisco 7-3 on Friday night to drop the Giants into a tie with Arizona for the final NL wild card.
Mike Yastrzemski homered and drove in two runs for the Giants, who beat the sloppy, listless San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday night
Christian Encarnacion-Strand homered and drove in three runs in his first four-hit game in the majors, and the Cincinnati Reds beat the San Francisco Giants 4-1 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep.
Retired San Francisco Giants catcher Buster Posey is working to complete his college degree 15 years after last taking a class at Florida State.
Patrick Bailey hit a tiebreaking three-run double in the fifth, fellow rookie Casey Schmitt hit his first homer in 3 1/2 months and the Giants beat the Braves 8-5 Sunday.
