The Giants came in to Chase Field on August 15th and won the first three games of the series before the DBacks finally managed to salvage game four. That series effectively ended any reasonable Wild Card hopes for Arizona while at the same time giving a flicker of life to the Giants. That flame was quickly extinguished as well however as they went to Chicago and got swept three straight from the Cubs.
The Giants then went back home to the Bay Area for two big games against cross town rivals the Oakland A’s in Oakland.