One-for-Three is Okay in Hitting, But Not in Series

It was a big weekend for Bay Area baseball but things didn't go as well as the local teams had hoped against their division rivals from the Southland. (Nor for SFist in the ongoing bet it has with LAist about the Giants, the Dodgers, and the playoffs.) The Giants and A's both lost lost two of three to their counterparts in Los Angeles, the Dodgers and Angels, leaving the Giants two-and-a-half games back of the Dodgers (and, in the Wild Card race, a half game behind the Cubs, who had a rough weekend in New York themselves), and the A's just one game ahead of the surging Angels.