Giants sink Pirates, take series

The Giants have a winning record this season against four teams. That is exactly four more teams than I was expecting, and here they are:

Indians

Dodgers

Pirates

Cardinals

All four of those teams still have a chance to win their respective divisions. That doesn’t include the Giants splitting a series with the Milwaukee Brewers. When it suits them, they play well against contending teams.

What I’m getting at is that I can respect the Giants’ commitment to annoying us in all the right ways this season. The Giants on Wednesday afternoon looked like a team that could put up a fight against a .500 team. It’s how they looked Tuesday night. They took a series against a team that isn’t filled with…