There’s no such thing as a must-win game in early July. And there’s certainly no such thing as a must-win game in early July for a team that’s 20 games above .500 and atop baseball’s best division.
But if there were such a thing as a must-win game in early July for a team that’s 20 games above .500 and atop baseball’s best division, it would’ve looked like Friday’s game between the San Francisco Giants and Arizona Diamondbacks.
The Giants entered the game with a season-high four-game losing streak which had seen their sizable lead over the Los Angeles Dodgers shrink to a barely existent one.