Let’s start with the obvious: This is very important series for the San Francisco Giants.
They have eight games remaining, with this series against the Colorado Rockies representing half of them. And then it gets a bit harder, with four against the San Diego Padres.
The Giants are battling for one of the Wild Card spots in the National League, and at this point going .500 the rest of the way probably isn’t going to be enough. The Giants need to find a way to get more than 30 wins, and this is the series to put that in action.