SAN FRANCISCO -- As San Francisco Giants left-hander Matt Moore awaits what could be the biggest game of his career in the regular-season finale Sunday, theres one thing he can do to help make it happen.Pitch well in his second-biggest game.Moore begins what could be a six-day trek into Giants lore Tuesday night when he gets the ball to open a three-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies.The Giants will begin a six-game homestand with their destiny in their hands, thanks to the St. Louis Cardinals loss Monday night at Cincinnati.San Francisco (82-74) will take the field one game ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals (81-75) for the second of two National League Wild Card playoff spots.The New York Mets (83-74), who also lost on Monday, begin play Tuesday in the first wild-card spot, a half-game ahead of the Giants.Moore is slotted to pitch two of the Giants six games this week, capped by the regular-season finale at home against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Sunday.It was fitting Monday that one of the Giants best days since the All-Star break was a result of not having played. Because when theyve taken the field in the past 11 weeks, little has gone right.The Giants, who had the best record in baseball at the All-Star break (57-33), have compiled the worst in the NL (25-41) since then.Moore has been better than your average Giants pitcher since he was acquired at the trade deadline. Hes gone 4-5 with a 4.96 ERA as a Giant, and the club has won half his 10 starts.One of his worst outings came Sept. 5 at Colorado, when he was bombed for two home runs -- including a Carlos Gonzalez grand slam -- in the third inning of a 6-0 loss.He had to be pulled before the end of the third, having allowed six runs on five hits.The Rockies are coming off a four-game sweep at the hands of the Dodgers, but did help the Giants with an 11-1 home win over the Cardinals last Wednesday.Right-hander German Marquez earned his first major league win in that game, limiting the Cardinals to one run on four hits in five innings.The reigning Eastern League Pitcher of the Year, just 21 years old, will get the call Tuesday against the Giants.I was putting hitters away, Marquez gushed after the win. It felt wonderful, man. I was excited.The Rockies flew to San Francisco shortly after watching the Dodgers clinch the NL West with a walk-off win Sunday.The Giants had been hoping their three season-ending games against the Dodgers could help them mount an 11th-hour comeback. Now, they figure to need wins in that series just to secure a Wild Card spot.Sure, youre always disappointed you dont win your division, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after getting word of the Dodgers clincher. But right now our focus is keep trying to win games and get there and have a shot at it. Swell Bottle Nz Liberty .Y. -- The Buffalo Sabres have placed centre Cody Hodgson on injured reserve and recalled two players from their AHL affiliate in Rochester. Swell Water Bottle Clearance .S. hockey team after paying his dues as an NHL general manager for more than three decades and giving up a lot of his free time to help USA Hockey. http://www.swellbottlesnz.com/ . 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Milwaukee manager Craig Counsell and Cincinnati counterpart Bryan Price had definite ideas about areas to improve with their struggling teams during the last 2 1/2 months of the season.Theyre both going to have to wait a little longer.Counsells Brewers missed a golden opportunity to pull out a win over the Reds on Friday at Great American Ball Park, loading the bases with one out in the ninth inning before Scooter Gennett and Ryan Braun popped up to help the Reds hold on for a 5-4 win.Prices Reds committed one fielding error and another mental lapse on defense and had to overcome Tony Cingranis ninth-inning difficulties while trying to close out the win and snap a three-game losing streak.The rebuilding Reds first-half pitching woes, especially in relief, have been well-chronicled, but they went into the All-Star Game break on a three-game losing streak fueled by shoddy defense and embarrassing mental errors.It really comes down to the consistency of play, said Price, whose team lost seven of its last eight games and nine of 11 before the four-day holiday. We played 38 games that were decided by one or two runs, so we were in a lot of games. We just want to get better in all facets.We have areas with room to grow statistically. We want to make sure the young guys show growth through the process. One hundred and sixty-two games is a beast. Team defense, overall pitchiing, walks and home runs -- we want to see those numbers go down.ddddddddddddCounsell was hoping to see his similarly rebuilding team take advantage of opening the post-break schedule against a team actually below his in the standings after losing the last two games and three of the last four before the break.Nothing changes, he said. We took a little break. Its not a stopping point. Well try to do the same things weve been doing.We kind of limped into the All-Star break, but we played some really good teams over the last 30 games, and the margin of error is less. You could see it every night. Youve got to take advantage of every opportunity. The two series against St. Louis, we didnt do that.It doesnt promise to get any easier for Milwaukee. After finishing the three-game series against the Reds, which is scheduled to continue Saturday night with Jimmy Nelson (5-7) starting for the Brewers against John Lamb (1-6), Milwaukee is scheduled to face the National League Central-leading Chicago Cubs and the third-place Pittsburgh Pirates in nine of the next 13 games.After finishing with the Brewers, the Reds are due to play six straight games against last-place teams -- Atlanta from the NL East and Arizona from the NL West -- all in Cincinnati. ' ' '