Sizzling Giants, Struggling Padres Ready to Set Tone For Final 18 Games

The National League West race won’t be decided this week when the Giants visit the San Diego Padres.

The four-game series between the top two teams in the division will simply set the tone for the final 18 games of the season.

It’s an important series. It figures to be an exciting series between two teams that have, in many ways, created a rivalry that equals the increasingly tepid Giants-Dodgers rivalry (it takes more to keep a rivalry simmering than fans who chant, “Giants suck! Giants suck,” i...

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