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		Giants stay in wild-card hunt By Joe Cronin September 20, 2004
	San Francisco Giants' J.T. Snow, left, is greeted by Dustan Mohr, right, after the Giants defeated the San Diego Padres in San Francisco, Sunday Sept. 19, 2004. In the center is the Giants' Deivi Cruz. Snow drove in four runs from the cleanup spot, hitting a clutch tiebreaking double in San Francisco's 4-2 victory over the San Diego Padres. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg)
	The San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 at SBC Park on Sunday. There are still a dozen games left in the 2004 season, three against Houston and three against the Dodgers at SBC Park. Then three at San Diego and three at the Dodgers to end the season. The Giants now have 84 wins and an even split will give them 90, a "maybe" for the post-season. Seven wins makes 91, eight would be 92, and that should be enough to get them into the playoffs. Sunday's game was an example of players 'showing up.' Kirk Rueter pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing only five hits. Reliever Dave Burba was touched for two runs, a walk followed by a pinch-hit home run by Terrence Long. That tied the game, 2-2 at the time, until a double by J.T. Snow in the 8th. Dustin Hermanson finally closed the game and got the win. The hitting star of the game was Snow, 2-for-3 with all four of the Giants' RBIs. The Houston series should be fun as the Astros are one game behind the Giants for the wild card and have a 27-7 record since August 15th. The Dodgers are leading the West and San Diego is only four games behind the Giants. If the Giants win, say, four or five of six against the Dodgers, they could still win the division.