The San Francisco Giants fell to the New York Mets just over two hours before the Los Angeles Dodgers took the field against the Pittsburgh Pirates, and they quickly went to work on putting the game away in an eventual 9-0 shutout to complete a series sweep.
“Obviously you’re trying to catch those guys, and when you win, they win, but there’s really not a whole lot we can do about it,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said of the Giants before first pitch.
“I think the only thing we can do is focus on ourselves and play good baseball.