San Francisco Giants

SAN FRANCISCO — There’s a reason Bruce Bochy made it clear before Saturday’s game that Jeff Samardzija would be available out of the bullpen: He wasn’t expecting Ty Blach, five days removed from a shaky first career start, to survive for very long in a high stakes game against one of the best pitchers in baseball. […]

With the Mets clinching home field advantage for the NL Wild Card game Wednesday night, the Giants and Cardinals still have one more game to get in themselves. A win Sunday not only puts the Giants in New York Wednesday night, it allows manager Bruce Bochy to mix and match his starting pitching as he wishes.

In 11 career innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Ty Blach has allowed 0 runs on only 3 hits.

Mets top the Phillies 5-3, Cardinals beat Pirates 4-3. Here’s what it means for the Giants with two games left against the Dodgers.

“It’s up to us.”

The bats came alive for the Giants Friday night, beating the Dodgers at home 9-3. It was the first time the team has won back-to-back games since Sept. 15-16th vs. the Cardinals.

Madison Bumgarner became the third youngest pitcher in Giants history to win 100 games at the ripe age of 27 years, 60 days old. Only Christy Mathewson (24 years, 262 days) in 1905, and Hal Schumacher (24 years, 234 days) in 1938 were younger.

During the 4th inning of the Dodgers Friday night a fan ran out into left field and tried to hand Angel Pagan a flower. Pagan take any chances, slamming the fan to the ground.

If you thought the Giants had a big sixth inning on Thursday, Friday night probably knocked you out of your chair.

Angel Pagan pulled a classic bait and switch with a Dodger fan who ran onto the field at AT&T Park