Giants Fall to Padres, Miss Playoffs on Last Day of Season
The Giants had their postseason hopes dashed on the final day of the regular season, losing 5-4 to the playoff-bound Padres on Sunday.
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The Giants had their postseason hopes dashed on the final day of the regular season, losing 5-4 to the playoff-bound Padres on Sunday.
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit his 17th home run and the San Diego Padres beat San Francisco 6-2 on Saturday night, leaving the Giants in need of help to make the playoffs.
Four-time All-Star outfielder and beloved Giants team leader Hunter Pence announced his retirement Saturday following 14 major league seasons.
The Giants beat the Padres 5-4 in the first game of a doubleheader Friday but were felled in game two by Trent Grisham's 3-run, walk-off homer in the seventh.
The Rockies rallied to keep contending San Francisco from gaining ground in the NL wild-card race by beating the Giants 5-4 on Thursday.
The Dodgers clinched the NL's top postseason seed and eighth straight division title Tuesday night with a 7-2 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Pinch-hitter Alex Dickerson hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh, Austin Slater also connected, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Colorado Rockies 5-2 on Tuesday night to stay right in the playoff race.
Kevin Pillar homered against his former team and German Márquez pitched six strong innings to snap a five-game losing streak as the Colorado Rockies stalled San Francisco's playoff pursuit, beating the Giants 7-2 on Monday night.
Brandon Crawford hit a grand slam, Chadwick Tromp and Darin Ruf added 2-run homers and the Giants prevented the A's from clinching the AL West title at home with a 14-2 victory Sunday.
Jake Lamb hit a two-run homer once Oakland finally got to San Francisco's bullpen and the playoff-bound A's beat the Giants by the same 6-0 score for a second straight game Saturday.
The Oakland A's clinched their third straight playoff berth with Seattle's loss to San Diego and a 6-0 win against the Giants on Friday night, highlighted by Matt Olson's three-run homer.
Wilmer Flores hit a go-ahead, two-run triple in the seventh inning of the Giants' 6-4 win Thursday that sent the Mariners their second home defeat played in San Francisco's ballpark because of dangerous air quality in Seattle.
Brandon Belt, Brandon Crawford and Evan Longoria homered for San Francisco, and the visiting Giants playing at home beat the Seattle Mariners 9-3 on Wednesday night in a game moved to the Bay Area.
The two-game series between the San Francisco Giants and the Mariners in Seattle that was scheduled to start Tuesday night was postponed because of smoky skies caused by the West Coast wildfires.
Pablo Sandoval, a longtime favorite among Giants fans for his World Series heroics, has reportedly found a new home after being released from San Francisco last week.
