Yes, the Giants' slide from first continued today in a 5-4 defeat at the hands of the Black Sox Saturday at New Scotland.
A Marlins win against the Yankees Sunday at New Scotland will give the Marlins the top seed and a bye for the first round of the 45 Division playoffs. The Giants can finish no lower than 2nd place.
Dave Booker slugged a 2-run HR for the Black Sox and Don Wixon doubled in a run and added a single. Greg Hoyne once again stopped the Giants on 3 runs before leaving for John Paloga in the 6th.
The Giants, now 13-3, needed to win just one of their last two games to get the bye, but lost both - to the Dodgers and Black Sox. So we will play Sept. 8-9 against the winner of the play-in round, which will be held on Labor Day.
