DENVER -- There was nothing for the Dodgers to celebrate on Saturday as the magic number countdown stalled.
After the Giants rallied to beat Oakland, the Dodgers initially overcame Nolan Arenado's first-inning grand slam, but Carlos Gonzalez's walk-off homer in the bottom of the ninth propelled the Rockies to an 8-6 win and left a third consecutive division title still out of the Dodgers' reach -- at least for one more day.
They have lost six of the last eight and the first two of this series. The magic number is two, but unless the Dodgers win and the Giants lose on Sunday, on Monday the rivals meet in San Francisco with champagne still on ice.