It's fitting that the fates of the San Francisco Giants and Milwaukee Brewers are tangled this way – two teams whose 2014 seasons will most likely be remembered for collapsing out of first place in grand fashion. That is, of course, unless the Giants go crazy in the postseason and make another World Series run. The Brewers lost 5-3 on Thursday to the Cincinnati Reds, and that loss cemented two things in the National League playoff picture: • The Giants clinch a wild-card berth, without winning a game, not even 24 hours after they lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers and watched Clayton Kershaw and the boys celebrate a second straight NL West title. The Giants probably aren't having the same sort of champagne celebration, since they're prepping for a game Thursday night.