The Giants had a nice little seven-game win streak and that got them back in the race with the Dodgers and the Padres for the NL West title. The 41-31 (.569) Giants are two games behind LA and one game ahead of SD.
The pitching has been stellar. By any measure (8.2 WAR, 10th; 3.46 FIP, 3rd; 3.30 ERA, 3rd) the Giants have suppressed run-scoring at a better-than-average rate.