Despite a golden opportunity to make some noise in the National League Wild Card picture, the San Francisco Giants lost a series at home to the Washington Nationals. With a massive series looming against the San Diego Padres, the series against the Nationals should have been a chance for the Giants to build momentum and get at least two wins. Despite winning the first game, San Francisco went on to lose the next two, dropping the series. After getting off to such a great start to the year, the Giants got aggressive when they made a blockbuster trade with the Boston Red Sox to acquire a star slugger.

A postseason-type pitching matchup will get the ball rolling on a three-game series with potential playoff ramifications when Yu Darvish and the San Diego Padres take on Logan Webb and the host San Francisco Giants on Monday. The Padres (66-52) will enter the series seven games up on the Giants (59-59) in their duel for second place in the National League West.

The Giants have hardly played like sellers since the dust settled from last week's frantic wheeling and dealing, winning back-to-back series on the road and five of nine games overall since the trade deadline. In one of those ways that baseball can be cruel sometimes, had they strung together the same stretch a week earlier — against two of the same foes, no less — Mike Yastrzemski, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval might still be wearing orange and black. Meanwhile, no team was more active than the Padres, who added seven players in five deals. The teams will meet seven times in the next 10 games, beginning Monday at Oracle Park.

The Giants have hardly played like sellers since the dust settled from last week's frantic wheeling and dealing, winning back-to-back series on the road and five of nine games overall since the trade deadline. In one of those ways that baseball can be cruel sometimes, had they strung together the same stretch a week earlier — against two of the same foes, no less — Mike Yastrzemski, Tyler Rogers and Camilo Doval might still be wearing orange and black. Meanwhile, no team was more active than the Padres, who added seven players in five deals. The teams will meet seven times in the next 10 games, beginning Monday at Oracle Park.

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San Diego Padres (66-52, second in the NL West) vs. San Francisco Giants (59-59, third in the NL West) San Francisco; Monday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Padres: Yu Darvish (1-3, 6.51 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 23 strikeouts); Giants: Logan Webb (10-8, 3.24 ERA, 1.25 WHIP, 165 strikeouts) BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Giants -141, Padres +120; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres on Monday to open a three-game series. San Francisco is 59-59 overall and 29-28 at home. The Giants have a 33-18 record in games when they did not give up a home run. San Diego is 66-52 overall and 28-32 in road games. The Padres have a 49-14 record in games when they out-hit

JV has made up his mind.

San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Justin Verlander seemingly wants to leave the Bay Area so badly that he couldn't fully enjoy reaching 3,500 career strikeouts.

It has not been a legendary year for San Francisco Giants pitcher Justin Verlander. Sunday's start against the Washington Nationals was no exception. Verlander gave up 11 hits and five earned runs in five innings in his Sunday start for the Giants. By the time the game was done, the Nats walked out of the Bay area with an 8-0 win and Velander saw his season record fall to 1-9.

Kim Ha-seong of the Tampa Bay Rays has homered for the first time in a month while driving in multiple runs, while Lee Jung-hoo of the San Francisco Giants had his hitting streak snapped at eight games. Kim batted 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a run scored and also drew a walk against the Seattle Mariners, though his Rays still lost the game 6-3 at T-Mobile Park in Seattle on Sunday. Batting seventh, Kim lined a double to left off starter Bryan Woo in the top of the second. It was Kim's second double of the season and his first since July 9.

Justin Verlander is Major League Baseball's active strikeouts leader.

Justin Verlander didn't have his cleanest outing Sunday against the Washington Nationals, but he managed to make a bit of history before his afternoon took a turn for the worse. The San Francisco Giants veteran tossed a scoreless first frame in the decisive series finale, getting all three outs via strikeouts. Verlander is now one of 10 pitchers in MLB history to reach the milestone.

Former Seattle Mariners stars Randy Johnson and Ichiro Suzuki will share a very special honor in the years to come.

The trade of closer Kyle Finnegan meant the Washington Nationals had to find someone to fill that ninth inning void. Finnegan had saved more than 100 games in his Washington career. It sounds like interim manager Miguel Cairo has made his decision. For now, his guy is long-time set-up man Jose A. Ferrer, a left-hander with undeniable stuff that just hasn't had the chance to close with Finnegan in the role.

Mike Yastrzemski was enjoying a rare day off when the news broke. Yastrzemski had been traded to the Kansas City Royals in a last-minute deal. According to Andrew Baggarly of The Athletic, Yastrzemski was surprised by the trade but grateful for how it was handled.

San Francisco is not top-heavy when it comes to prospect pitching in the minor leagues. Only three pitchers are among the Giants' Top 30 prospects, per MLB Pipeline. One of them made his Major League debut last month. By the time he's projected to be ready for the Majors in 2029, the Giants may be in need the 20-year-old's rising talent.

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 67 49 .578 — New York 63 54 .538 4½ Miami 57 60 .487 10½ Atlanta 50 67 .427 17½ Washington 46 70 .397 21 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 72 44 .621 — Chicago 67 49 .578 5 Cincinnati 61 57 .517 12 St. Louis 59 59 .500 14 Pittsburgh 51 67 .432 22 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 68 49 .581 — San Diego 65 52 .556 3 San Francisco 59 58 .504 9 Arizona 56 61 .479 12 Colorado 30 86 .259 37½ Saturday's Games Atlanta 7, Miami 1, 1st game Washington 4, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 3, Texas 2 Atlanta 8, Miami 6, 2nd game Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis 1 Arizona 6, Colorado 5 San Diego 5, Boston 4,

First-year teammates Rafael Devers and Justin Verlander will get an opportunity to pool their improved form of late when the San Francisco Giants go for a series win over the visiting Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. Devers has homered in each of the last two games, but the Giants could do no more than split the pair against the last-place Nationals, falling 4-2 on Saturday afternoon after taking the series opener 5-0. Devers' blasts, his 21st and 22nd of the season, gave him home runs on consecutive days for the third time this season, the previous two having come as a member of the Boston Red Sox. Coupled with his homer and a walk on Friday, he's reached base on six of eight plate appearances in the series.

Another week of Giants baseball is wrapping up today, what were Giants fans’ favorite highlights of the week?

All Times EDT East Division W L Pct GB Philadelphia 67 49 .578 — New York 63 54 .538 4½ Miami 57 60 .487 10½ Atlanta 50 67 .427 17½ Washington 46 70 .397 21 Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 72 44 .621 — Chicago 67 49 .578 5 Cincinnati 61 57 .517 12 St. Louis 59 59 .500 14 Pittsburgh 51 67 .432 22 West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 68 49 .581 — San Diego 65 52 .556 3 San Francisco 59 58 .504 9 Arizona 56 61 .479 12 Colorado 30 86 .259 37½ ___ Saturday's Games Atlanta 7, Miami 1, 1st game Washington 4, San Francisco 2 Cincinnati 2, Pittsburgh 1 Milwaukee 7, N.Y. Mets 4 Philadelphia 3, Texas 2 Atlanta 8, Miami 6, 2nd game Chicago Cubs 9, St. Louis 1 Arizona 6, Colorado 5 San Diego 5, Boston