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SAN FRANCISCO — In a positive development for the Giants postseason hopes, Jakob Junis returned to form Tuesday night against the Diamondbacks. A not-so-good development saw the Giants fail to crack their Kryptonite this season that has taken the form of Arizona right-hander Merrill Kelly.

DENVER — The Rockies were late to the party Sunday afternoon and it cost them.

PHOENIX — Teams don’t win many games when they allow seven runs in an inning.

PHOENIX — In their first two games in the desert, the Pirates’ offense was dying of thirst, scoring just four runs, three of which came Tuesday in quasi-garbage time of a loss.

That’s certainly one way to interpret the phrase “call up.”

PHOENIX — The more pessimistic Pirates fans in Pittsburgh might argue the team phoned it in a while ago this season. Even if one doesn’t subscribe to that theory, the evidence in Wednesday night’s 6-4 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks was a little on the nose.

PHOENIX — Pirates manager Derek Shelton has professed patience with his roster this season. On multiple occasions, he’s stated the obvious: With a roster this young, there will be exciting moments of potential and frustrating moments of growing pains.

She was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer, in 2020.

What’s lost has been found. At least for one Thursday afternoon at San Diego’s Petco Park.

ATLANTA — Max Fried and Merrill Kelly were at the forefront of the Braves and Diamondbacks’ Sunday matinee. Both starters pitched seven scoreless innings, resulting in a low-scoring affair that ended with a walk-off from a player who’s the hottest in baseball right now.