San Francisco Giants

The Washington Nationals face a must-win situation today in San Francisco. The Giants won the first two games of their best-of-five National League Divisional playoff series with the Nats in Washington.

Two National League division series continue today in Washington and Los Angeles.

The National League Wild Card game is being played this evening in Pittsburgh. Each team advanced to the postseason with a record of 88-74. The Giants finished six games back of the Dodgers in the NL West while the Pirates wound up two games behind St. Louis in the NL Central.

There's a day game in baseball as the Mets are playing host to the Giants.

The Giants try to regroup tonight after being swept at home by the archrival Dodgers over the weekend.

Jorge De La Rosa tuned up for his opening-day start with six shutout innings for the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday, but Hector Sanchez hit a game-ending two-run homer to give the San Francisco Giants an 8-6 win.

Two men who pleaded guilty to the 2011 beating of San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow at Dodger Stadium have been sentenced in Los Angeles.