On Monday and Tuesday against the Houston Astros, the San Francisco Giants held on to 1-0 leads until the late innings. And on both nights, big Astros go-ahead home runs (one in the ninth and one in the eighth the next day) sunk the Giants both in those games and in the standings.
San Francisco lost Monday’s game 3-1 and Tuesday’s game 2-1, to fall 6.5 games out in the National League West. They are now seven out of the second Wild Card. The losses dipped them to a game below .500, at 57-58. The Giants have been at .