This was easily the most-important game for the Giants all season. With the Cardinals beating the Cubs earlier today, there still lived a dream of dishonoring the Dodgers by sending them to a one-game playoff for the second Wild Card spot. They had nothing to lose and everything to gain.
Until the ninth, this was a close game. If the Giants had managed to pull it out, it would have been the best game since game three of the 2016 NLDS. Things fell apart at the end, but for the six and half hours before Will Smith came unraveled, this was a great, tense game.