Notes and quotes from the Giants’ pregame interviews leading into tonight’s opener of a three-game series against the A’s:
•Don’t discount the significance of the Dodgers coming to town next week. The division race is likely to be over by then, but the Dodgers are in serious competition with the Mets for the home-field advantage in the first round of the playoffs - a matchup that seems highly probable at the moment - and they won’t be letting up in the slightest.
Zack Greinke, scratched from his last L.A. start due to a calf injury, will be back in the rotation for Monday night’s opener against Jake Peavy.