The Giants' playoff hopes aren't dead, but they've made their jobs much more difficult. Needing to secure at least a split of this four-game series against the Braves to capture a potentially important head-to-head tiebreaker, the Giants did themselves no favors by dropping the first two contests and by the time they came to bat Wednesday could pretty much kiss those hopes goodbye. A game that was about as must-win as they come began with a clunker of epic proportions from Robbie Ray and ended, 13-2, with another left-hander — outfielder Mike Yastrzemski — having about as much luck finding the strike zone to the amusement of the 27,460 who stuck around for the drubbing. Dropping their fourth straight game, the loss guaranteed that no matter the outcome of Sunday's series finale the Giants will have an extra game to make up by way of losing the season series and the potential determining factor should they to catch Atlanta in the win-loss column, where the gap grew to 4½ games.

Two weeks since the Giants' top prospect was welcomed back to the majors with a public proclamation of playing time from the team's top boss, Marco Luciano found himself in an increasingly familiar setting Tuesday night. The 22-year-old shortstop was summoned into manager Bob Melvin's office and braced himself for more bad news. Despite Farhan Zaidi outlining everyday opportunities for Luciano at designated hitter after dealing Jorge Soler to the Braves, the role never materialized and the Giants determined just two weeks into the experiment that their roster required more speed, athleticism and defensive versatility.

Two weeks since the Giants' top prospect was welcomed back to the majors with a public proclamation of playing time from the team's top boss, Marco Luciano found himself in an increasingly familiar setting Tuesday night. The 22-year-old shortstop was summoned into manager Bob Melvin's office and braced himself for more bad news. Despite Farhan Zaidi outlining everyday opportunities for Luciano at designated hitter after dealing Jorge Soler to the Braves, the role never materialized and the Giants determined just two weeks into the experiment that their roster required more speed, athleticism and defensive versatility.

Grant McCray offers the Giants an offensive boost but also will give San Francisco an instant upgrade with his glove.

The San Francisco Giants clawed their way back into the National League playoff picture, taking advantage of a soft spot in their schedule. The Giants entered the series winning 12 out of 17 games. It wasn't stiff competition that the Braves were facing, either.

MLB Pipeline updated their prospect lists on Tuesday with both their top 100 and top 30 for teams. Usually the midseason lists for the team portions aren't that different from the preseason versions, but the San Francisco Giants saw a big shakeup to their new list. The biggest names to have graduated this season are Kyle Harrison and Marco Luciano. Both prospects were considered top 30 in the game, and were ranked as the top two Giants prospects by MLB Pipeline going into the season.

Marco Luciano's yo-yo ride of a 2024 MLB season continued Wednesday when the San Francisco Giants optioned him back to Triple-A Sacramento.

The San Francisco Giants have had an up-and-down 2024 MLB season so far. Matt Chapman has been a big part of keeping them in a position to compete for a postseason berth. With that in mind, the Giants would like to find a way to keep him long-term. MLB insider Jon Heyman made an appearance on MLB Network on Tuesday and stated that he thinks Chapman will be looking for a new deal this offseason.

You might find Mark Gardner these days at Copper River Golf Club. The former MLB pitcher and coach still calls Fresno home. Before Saturday's game against the Detroit Tigers, the Giants honored the 2014 World Series-winning team.

Travis d'Arnaud homered early and hit an RBI single in the 10th inning that sent the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Tuesday night. Ramón Laureano also went deep and Austin Riley singled twice to lead Atlanta to its second consecutive win over San Francisco in extra innings.

The San Francisco Giants have turned things around in recent weeks, playing better baseball than they have for much of the year. There are multiple reasons for that, but what Matt Chapman has done at the plate has gone under the radar. Due to some of the struggles from the Giants at the beginning of the campaign, it feels like his showing has gone under the radar. Whether that's fair or not is one thing, but it doesn't seem like Chapman is getting the type of respect that he might deserve.

1905 — Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0. 1916 — In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park. 1945 — The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.

1905 — Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0. 1916 — In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park. 1945 — The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.

1905 — Rube Waddell of the Philadelphia Athletics pitched a five-inning no-hit game to beat the St. Louis Browns 2-0. 1916 — In a classic pitching duel, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox beat Walter Johnson of the Washington Senators, 1-0, in 13 innings at Fenway Park. 1945 — The Chicago Cubs routed the Brooklyn Dodgers 20-6, at Ebbets Field. Paul Gillespie knocked in six runs with two home runs and a single to lead the attack.

The Atlanta Braves hope to continue what has been a happy mass homecoming when they send their transplants against the host San Francisco Giants for a third consecutive time on Wednesday night. Former Giants players Jorge Soler (RBI double) and Pierce Johnson (one unearned run in one inning), and ex-Oakland Athletics Ramon Laureano (solo home run among two hits) and Jesse Chavez (scoreless inning with two strikeouts) all contributed in Atlanta's 4-3 win Tuesday in front of at least some of their old fans in the Bay Area.

Atlanta Braves (63-56, second in the NL East) vs. San Francisco Giants (61-61, fourth in the NL West) San Francisco; Wednesday, 9:45 p.m. EDT PITCHING PROBABLES: Braves: Grant Holmes (0-0, 3.79 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Giants: Robbie Ray (2-1, 3.98 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 28 strikeouts) : LINE Giants -116, Braves -103; over/under is 7 1/2 runs BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants are looking to break their three-game home slide with a win over the Atlanta Braves. San Francisco has gone 35-26 in home games and 61-61 overall. The Giants have hit 125 total home runs to rank 10th in the NL. Atlanta is 63-56 overall and 31-30 in road games. Braves hitters have a collective .413 slugging percentage

Giants left-handed pitcher Kyle Harrison revealed his body is "feeling great" as he nears his previous professional career-high innings mark.

Manager Bob Melvin's decision to have Tyler Fitzgerald bunt in the Giants' loss to the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday shows how much pressure San Francisco is feeling at the plate.

Travis d’Arnaud homered early and hit an RBI single in the 10th inning that sent the Atlanta Braves past the San Francisco Giants 4-3 on Tuesday night. Ramón Laureano also went deep and Austin Riley singled twice to lead Atlanta to its second consecutive win over San Francisco in extra innings.

For a second consecutive night, the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves went to extra innings. And again, the Giants lost.