Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Francisco Giants (game 3)

This was the final game of a three-game series between the Giants and Dodgers, and the final game of the season here between the teams, with a four-game series still to come next weekend in Los Angeles.

This was a day game, which was a bit irritating, because it clashes with all the NFL games that are going on today.

As with the previous day game on my holiday, I had made sure that I was on the first base side so that I wouldn't be in the sun.

The views from the club level and the top deck were spectacular as usual - of course the view is better during the day time as you can see so much more.

This was a much tighter game with more innings where just 1 run was scored instead of the multiple run innings that were common in the previous two games.

Until Los Angeles scored 4 in the 5th inning, which proved to be enough, and they kept adding a run here and there and the Giants only scored one more to make the final score 10-2

Shohei Ohtani at the plate preparing to hit

 

Unfortunately, I didn't see Shohei Ohtani hit home run #50 or to pitch, despite seeing 3 Dodger games in a row.

Seeing as I have to plan games so far in advance, it is just luck which starters are up in the pitching rotation for the games.  Yesterday, it was Clayton Kershaw who has been problematic for San Francisco, but got hit around.  Today it was Tyler Glasnow, who didn't struggle at all.

The Dodgers took the series 2-1 which was a shame as San Francisco are just half a game back in the race of for the final wildcard spot, with the Mets in freefall and the Giants hot recent run.

The key for San Francisco is going to be to beat Arizona in the first part of next week, then at least split 2-2 with the Dodgers at their place and then beat St Louis and Colorado at home for a strong finish. 

Outside of the stadium after the game, something that started within the past couple of years is having a row of hot dog vendors with their little carts.  One modern tech advance is that they can use their mobile phones to easily accept credit card payments from chip+pin cards.  The one other time I tried one a couple of years back, I had to dig around for some actual cash to pay with.