SAN FRANCISCO — The Giants limped into their first home showdown with the team that took them to the wire last season and ultimately eliminated from them the playoffs in this very ballpark. It didn’t matter.
The memories of Game 5 of last year’s NLDS were long gone — or at least temporarily forgotten — after the Giants completed a sweep of the Dodgers on Sunday, 2-0, in the first games the rivals have played at Oracle Park since the fateful elimination game last October.
The three-game sweep was the Giants’ first over the Dodgers in six seasons and gave them a 3-2 lead in the season series this year, after Los Angeles swept a two-game set at Dodger Stadium last month. The Giants are 3.5 games back of the NL West, after entering the weekend in a 6.5-game hole.
