Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin, Mays na karshe cikakken kakar wasa tare da San Francisco, Giants ya yi ihu zuwa farkon jagoranci a NL West, ya lashe 37 daga cikin wasannin farko na 51 don gina ragin wasa -game akan Dodgers har zuwa Mayu 31. Daga nan sai suka fadi a duniya, suna tafiya ne kawai 53 zuwa 58 ga sauran kakar. Duk da haka, sun yi nasara da wasa daya a kan Los Angeles don zama zakarun rukuni. A gasar zakarun kasa ta 1971
, duk da haka, zakaran duniya Pittsburgh Pirates ya rike kungiyar Stoneham a wasanni hudu.