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Remaining schedule: two games at Boston (Tuesday-Wednesday) three at Milwaukee (Friday-Sunday) four at home vs. Odds to win division: 0.4% (per FanGraphs) Pittsburgh (Thursday-Sunday) three at Braves (Sept. Baltimore (Monday-Wednesday) four at home vs. Remaining schedule: three games at home vs. Odds to win division: 27.1% (per FanGraphs) 1-3) makeup game if necessary at home vs. Remaining schedule: four games at Arizona (Monday-Thursday) four at San Diego (Friday-Sunday, including completion of suspended game from earlier in the season) three at home vs. Odds to win division: 72.5% (per FanGraphs) Magic number to clinch division championship: 13
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Games remaining against teams that currently have winning records: 7 (including completion of a suspended game against San Diego) “We control our own destiny.Here’s a look at how the NL East race shapes up with two weeks to go (all figures are entering play Monday):
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“As long as we take care of business,” Giants outfielder Kris Bryant said Wednesday. Louis Cardinals team that just had its 17-game win streak snapped on Wednesday. The competition for the NL West crown has turned into one of the most dramatic division races in MLB history as both teams are motivated to avoid playing a one-game wild card playoff against a St. The Giants are 20-6 in September, but have been unable to create much separation in the standings from a Dodgers team that went 21-6 in August and is now 18-7 in September. Bumgarner is 7-10 with a 4.58 ERA this season, but he threw seven innings of one-run ball in a 3-1 Arizona win over San Francisco on August 3. With a chance to drop their magic number to two on Thursday, the Giants will face Diamondbacks left-hander Madison Bumgarner. the Giants’ magic number by one, so in the unlikely scenario San Francisco finishes the season 0-4, Los Angeles. The Braves’ win at San Francisco on Sunday, coupled with the Phillies’ loss to the Mets, dropped the Braves’ magic number to clinch the division to 13 (that is, any combination of Atlanta. The Giants nearly saw their magic number fall from three to two following a 1-0 victory over the Diamondbacks on Wednesday night, but the Dodgers hit four eighth-inning home runs off the Padres including three against right-hander Emilio Pagan to overcome a 9-5 deficit and win 11-9. Giants match SF-era record with 103rd win, magic number in NL West down to 4.
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That tiebreaker would take place at Oracle Park because the Giants won the season series between the two clubs 10-9. Posting identical records at the end of a 162-game season would force the Dodgers and Giants to play a Game 163 tiebreaker on Monday, October 4. With the Giants ahead by 2.0 games, there’s also a realistic scenario of each team finishing the regular season with the same number of wins and losses. Any Dodgers loss lowers the Giants’ magic number by one, so in the unlikely scenario San Francisco finishes the season 0-4, Los Angeles would need to end the season 1-3 to lose the NL West race. If the Dodgers lose once over the next four games, then the Giants can finish 2-2 and still end the season atop the National League West. Three wins would eliminate the possibility for the Dodgers to catch the Giants, so even if the Dodgers win their last four regular season games, Gabe Kapler’s club has control of its own destiny. Regardless of how the Dodgers fare over their next four games, the Giants can lower their magic number from three to zero and win the NL West by finishing the regular season with a 3-1 record. By picking up his pace, Sam Long positions himself to pick up more innings for SF Giants