SAN FRANCISCO — On the other side of this home stand is the All-Star break. If all goes well, the Giants could enter it a resurgent bunch, recovered from their recent skid and well within reach of the playoffs. The other way? Well, it should make Farhan Zaidi’s options at the Aug. 2 trade deadline clearer, at least.
After breathing life into their season and staving off a losing record with a pair of wins to finish their trip through Arizona and San Diego, the Giants weren’t able to extend two wins into three Monday against the D-backs. They lost, 4-3, starting this final stretch of seven games before the break on the wrong foot.
Three runs off Alex Cobb in the third inning and an all-important insurance run in the eighth were all that was needed for Arizona to beat San Francisco for the third time in four tries this season — all in the past week — after the Giants won 17 of their 19 meetings last season.
