I know it feels like the end of the World to Giants fans right now. The Giants lost tonight and the Padres won putting SF back into second place, the offense looks toothless at the moment, blah, blah, blah. But the truth is that the Giants are still in a great position to make the playoffs. They still hold all the cards and they have their fate in their own hands.
I looked at the remaining schedule, the Padres (85-66) have 11 games left in the season with no more days off to rest. 7 of those games are at home, but 3 of them are against the first place in the Central Reds (86-67), and they play a 4 game series against the Cubs who are a very hot team right now. Let's say they lose today to the Dodgers, who have got to take one of these three games, then lose 2 out of 3 against the Reds. It's very hard to take 3 in a 4 game series, even against a bad team, so lets say they split the series vs the Cubs. They go into the last series of the year in San Francisco at 88-71.
To make the playoffs, the Giants (85-67), would just have to do what they have been doing all year long, which is to win series. We can't panic with each loss, we have to look at each series as a whole. If they win today to take the Cubs series, then take the next 2 series from the Rockies and Diamondbacks, they go into the Padres battle at 90-69, 2 games up. Even if they lose the series, the G-Men take the division crown. Even if we say the Padres take both series vs the Reds and Cubs, they would still come into AT&T all tied up.
Don't get me wrong, I'm as frustrated as all of you with the offensive struggles and the impatient at bats, but I'm just saying we can't get too down with 1 loss in a series. Just stay consistent and win 2 out of 3 the rest of the way, and we get to dance and celebrate in the streets of the Bay Area once again!
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