Blach Beats Kershaw, Giants Take Lead Into Final Day

SAN FRANCISCO — The calendar turned Saturday, and as always, the Giants had an October surprise up their sleeves.Rookie Ty Blach, making his second career start and first appearance at AT&T Park, outgunned Clayton Kershaw and carried the Giants to a 3-0 win over the Dodgers. Blach gave up just three hits over eight innings, and he did so in the hours after a Cardinals win over the Pirates. Sexual Abuse Victims, Whistleblower Sue Stanford Health Care The Giants remained a game up on St. Louis with one day left in the regular season. A Giants win on Sunday — or a Cardinals loss to Ryan Vogelsong — will clinch a flight to New York for Wednesday's National League Wild Card Game.Blach went toe-to-toe with the best pitcher in the game, keeping up as Kershaw got through three perfect innings on just 26 pitches. The Dodgers put two on in the second, but Blach coaxed an inning-ending double play. In the third, he struck out the side, all looking. Adrian Gonzalez flied out to the warning track to end the fourth. Construction Workers Demand Better Wages from Developer Kershaw had allowed just one Giant to reach base when Angel Pagan led off in the fifth. He smacked a...