The Giants are eliminated from being a Wild Card. In September, they did something the Diamondbacks have never done – they lost three consecutive shutouts. This season, they played the Diamondbacks 10 times, losing 6 games.
They are in the role of spoilers. They have some excellent batters, which we will soon talk about.
The magic number is getting closer to zero.
What is the Diamondbacks’ magic number to lock-in the playoffs? On the morning of 23 September, it was 4. (It would have been 5 because the Braves would win a tiebreaker. But because the Braves play the Mets, and if the Braves have a winning streak that would make the magic number 5, the Mets would have 3 losses making only 4 D-back wins enough to eliminate the Mets).