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SAN FRANCISCO -- The up-and-down Giants are going down to the wire in a bid to keep their even-year magic going.With three games left, manager Bruce Bochys ballclub is sandwiched between the Mets and Cardinals in the race for the two NL wild-card spots with two games separating the three teams.Its not exactly how Bochy envisioned it, not after the Giants went into the All-Star break with the best record in the majors. Given the alternative, however, San Franciscos skipper certainly isnt complaining.We certainly wish we were in a better position but you dont stop fighting, Bochy said following San Franciscos 7-2 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Thursday night. It is what it is as far as our situation that we created. We know that.The Giants -- who won the World Series in 2010, 12 and 14 -- are one game behind the idle Mets and one game ahead of St. Louis. The Cardinals beat Cincinnati on Thursday.San Francisco hosts the Los Angeles Dodgers beginning Friday, the Cardinals play Pittsburgh at home and the Mets close out the regular season in Philadelphia.I dont know whats going to happen but theyll keep fighting and well see what happens, Bochy said.Johnny Cueto pitched seven uneven innings for his 18th win to help set up the wild race to the finish.Cueto (18-5) overcame a shaky start in his first appearance since being sidelined more than a week with a groin strain. The All-Star right-hander matched his season high of 11 strikeouts, allowed two runs, nine hits and walked one to beat the Colorado for the third time this season.After we took the lead I just got focused on what I needed to do, Cueto said through an interpreter, adding that hes open to pitching in relief against the Dodgers if needed. Im ready. The last game is on Sunday and if they give me the ball Ill take (it).Conor Gillaspie, Angel Pagan and Brandon Crawford had two hits apiece to help the Giants bounce back after getting shut out a night earlier.Nolan Arenado had two hits and an RBI for Colorado, which was eliminated from playoff contention over the weekend and has dropped eight of 10.(Cueto) found his groove and he was doing his thing, Rockies manager Walt Weiss said. Once he gets rolling hes one of those top-of-the-rotation guys that can be tough to get to.On a night when St. Louis rallied to win on a walkoff hit in the ninth, San Francisco staged its own comeback.Arenado hit an RBI double in the first and scored on David Dahls triple to put the Rockies up 2-0.The Giants tied it with two runs in the fourth, then went ahead in the sixth with help from Colorados defense. The Rockies committed two errors, including a wild throw by third baseman Arenado on Cuetos one-out bunt single that allowed two runs to score.Colorado starter Jon Gray (10-10) allowed five runs over 5 1/3 innings and left shortly after he appeared to get hit in the right ankle by Crawfords line drive in the sixth.It hurt pretty bad but Ill be all right. Nothing serious, Gray said.TAKING NO CHANCESBochy used four relievers to record the final six outs. One-time closer Santiago Casilla was not among them. Instead, Sergio Romo pitched the ninth and retired Charles Blackmon on a fly ball to end it. Youre in a situation where you have to win now, Bochy said.TRAINERS ROOMGiants: INF Eduardo Nunez is making slight progress from a mild hamstring strain but could still miss the wild-card round of the playoffs if San Francisco makes it that far. Nunez has not played since Sept. 25.UP NEXTRockies: RHP Chad Bettis (13-8) makes his final start of the season against Milwaukee on Friday. 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It was hard for Luck to pull off another comeback, or even get into the end zone, while standing on the sideline. Rivers threw a 22-yard touchdown pass to rookie Keenan Allen and Nick Novak kicked four field goals to give the Chargers a 19-9 victory against the Colts on Monday night. DETROIT -- What Cleveland Indians manager Terry Francona calls an inconvenience could be part of a major travel nightmare for the Detroit Tigers.Detroits game with Cleveland on Thursday was called off after more than six inches of rain fell on Comerica Park in less than 24 hours.The two teams, in concert with the umpires and Major League Baseball, waited 4 hours, 13 minutes before postponing the game.It will be made up Monday afternoon, if necessary.It will be necessary if an American League wild card berth is at stake for Detroit or if Cleveland can claim the top seed in the league to get home-field advantage throughout the post-season.We havent figured out a way to control the weather and the umpires were very good about communicating with us, Francona said.He and Detroit manager Brad Ausmus toured the field with umpires right around the time of the scheduled 1:10 p.m. scheduled start, part of about a two-hour period where the rain was light or non-existent.We walked the field once, Francona said, and I think we all knew the situation, so put your seatbelt on and either play cards or watch TV.I think this is one of those days where youre glad youre not 20 games out as opposed to being in it. Because all it is is an inconvenience. We can live with that.It couldnt have taken any more water, at all. At that point we were a little iffy. It was soft. With the forecast coming. It was going to be tough.Theres other things. I know theyre expecting rain on the East Coast. You start getting backed up, it leads to other problems. So for us to be inconvenienced for four hours isnt the end of the world. And I understand why. And like I say, the communication was good.The same rain system that truncated Detroits 6-3 victory over Cleveland after five innings Wednesday night was still in place Thursday and was slated to stick around through Saturday.Detroit travels to Atlanta to close its regular season schedule with an inter-league series against the suddenly hot Braves, who are playing their last games at Turner Field. The Tigers will have to play all three games without designated hitter Victor Martinez, who bats cleanup, in their starting lineup.Ausmus said he would push lefty Daniel Norris, scheduled to start Thursday, back to Friday and have Jordan Zimmermann, who has made just two starts and three appearances since June 30 move back one day to Saturday.Ace Justin Verlander will pitch Sunday if the game has a bearing on Detroits chances for a wild card spot.The Tigers could play five games in five cities in five day. They will close the regular season Sunday in Atlanta and if theres a chance they could make one of the wild card berths (or Cleveland could qualify for best record in the league) they would return to Detroit to play the Indians in the makeup game.There could be a wild card tie-breaker Tuesday, the wild card playoff game Wednesday and the first divisional game on Thursday.Im aware of it, Ausmus said, but one thing at a time.ddddddddddddIf thats the scenario, then thats a good thing. Thats a good problem to have.Cleveland goes to Kansas City for a series it will primarily regard as a chance to get its rotation and bullpen set up for the start of the divisional playoff round. The Indians will play their regulars all three games to get them playoff-ready.Francona said lefty Ryan Merritt will start Friday with right-hander Adam Plutko getting squeezed out.Plutko threw the other day in relief, Francona said. We wanted to see Merritt get a start and today was his day. So...Francona also said Josh Tomlin will pitch Sunday as planned.When players began trickling in late Thursday morning, the dirt surface surrounding the playing field was half-covered with standing water, both dugouts had water spilling down into the runways and Clevelands batting cage under the stands had three inches of water on the floor.Players from both teams were delayed as much as 90 minutes on their way to Comerica Park due to flooded freeways and surface streets as rain alternated between downpours and sprinkles.The Indians second team bus had to be canceled because it couldnt navigate the traffic and the players brought from their hotel in suburban Detroit to the park by taxis.We dont have any (input), Ausmus said on whether the game would be played or not. Its in MLBs hands. We dont have any call whatsoever. We can tell them what we think, but ultimately its their call.The rain stopped close to the scheduled start time of 1:10 PM and the infield tarp was brought off (for a second time) to clear water. The grounds crew then began to work on the infield dirt, pitchers mound and batters boxes -- but neither team sent its starting pitcher out to warm up.Ausmus and Francona toured the outfield with umpires, retreated to their respective clubhouses and the infield was covered again. There was no rain falling at that time but both managers had said earlier in the series that Major League Baseball wanted to avoid starting a game that would have to be interrupted by rain for an hour or more, causing both teams to lose their starting pitchers.I think umpires are very cognizant of not wanting to burn a teams -- or both teams -- starting pitcher, Ausmus said, because they know how important that is. So they dont want to start if they think, in 45 minutes were going to have to put on the tarp for an hour and now both starting pitchers are burned.Francona also did not regard a return visit to Detroit for a Monday game as an irritation. His team has already qualified to play the divisional round by winning its division.I dont think its that bad, he said. For us, it doesnt matter. Wed have three days off (without playing Monday), wed have two instead. I think itll be a fun game to play, actually. Either way, well be okay. Its not that big a deal. ' ' '