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Giants’ surge maintains Wild Card standing
- Updated: October 1, 2016
SAN FRANCISCO — Players pumped fists. Fans waved orange giveaway towels. The scene at AT&T Park on Friday night resembled that of a postseason game, which it essentially was for the San Francisco Giants.
Forced into must-win mode by victories for the Mets and Cardinals, the teams surrounding San Francisco in the National League Wild Card race, the Giants stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with seven runs in the sixth inning, including three on Brandon Belt’s home run, and proceeded to a 9-3 triumph.
The Giants (85-75), with Madison Bumgarner pitching 7 1/3 solid innings for his 100th career victory, maintained tentative control of the NL’s second Wild Card berth. The Mets (86-74) lead the Wild Card standings, one game ahead of the Giants and two up on St. Louis (84-76).
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDSettling in: Initially, Bumgarner didn’t appear destined to stay for long, as the Dodgers’ two instant first-inning runs indicated. But after …
