Giants miss chance to make up wild-card ground with aces on mound vs. Dodgers

SAN FRANCISCO — At about 6:45 p.m. on Saturday evening, the Giants were feeling pretty good about their situation. They took the field knowing the New York Mets had lost an eighth straight game then immediately went out and put four runs on Clayton Kershaw, whose path to Cooperstown is paved in part by years of dominance at Oracle Park. With their own ace on the mound, the Giants had a real opportunity to take control of the NL wild-card race. Life, however, can come at you pretty fast this time of year. At 4:15 p.m. on Sunday, the Giants walked off the field having lost a second straight game. Their two co-aces, moved up a day so that they both could face the Los Angeles Dodgers, combined to give up 11 runs over the weekend. Across the country on Sunday, the Mets got a walk-off homer from Pete Alonso, the type of swing they have been missing for weeks. After a 10-2 loss to the Dodgers on Sunday, the Giants are 1.5 games back of the Mets, who hold the tiebreaker. They once again are chasing, hoping for a little bit of help, and also a lot more success next weekend at Dodger Stadium.“It’s disappointing,” manager Bob Melvin said. “We...