Somehow, I just knew it would happen. I had a feeling the Dodgers were gonna come back, and they did just that. After Noah Lowry shut them down for six innings, J. D. Drew came up in the 7th down 3-0 with a man on and bombed his 20th home run of the season out of the park in right. So that's how it went in to the 9th, 3-2 Giants and only Mike Stanton standing between the Dodgers and a tie for first place.

Like I've been saying all season, the Giants seem to pick their relievers out of the California Penal League, and Stanton backed that up. He gave up a single to Jeff Kent, struck out Drew, then walked Russell Martin to put two on with one out. Grady Little then inexplicably pinch hit Olmedo Saenz for Marlon Anderson, who coming into the game had an OPS of 1.291 since joining the Dodgers. Well, it turned out well as Saenz singled in the tying run. Julio Lugo, who I can't remember ever getting a hit for the Dodgers, came up next and was not pinch hit for. Grady's logic often makes me want to tear my hair out, but he seems to get lucky. Lugo grounded into a force play, of course (he was lucky he wasn't doubled up). Stanton then threw a wild pitch and Martin came in to score the winning run. Comeback complete. Saito shut the door in the bottom of the 9th.

So now the Dodgers are tied for first with San Diego in the West, and 2 up on Philly in the Wild Card. The magic number is now down to 1. Any Dodgers win or Phillies loss will clinch us a playoff spot. The division however, will not be as easy to win. We must have a better record than the Padres because they own the tie-breaker after slaughtering us in the regular season. Do I smell a clinch tonight?