SAN FRANCISCO — Zombies have invaded the National League playoff race.

The San Francisco Giants were left for dead – by their own hand – at the trade deadline when they were sellers. Now, they are the hottest team in baseball with 14 wins in their past 18 games, bubbling back up into contention for a wild-card playoff spot.

The Dodgers found out for themselves Friday night. Unable to tip a pitchers’ duel between Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Justin Verlander in their direction, the Dodgers lost on Patrick Bailey’s grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning, giving the Giants a 5-1 victory and snapping the Dodgers’ four-game winning streak.

The Dodgers’ NL West lead remained 2½ games, because the second-place San Diego Padres lost to the Colorado Rockies, 4-2.

Yamamoto flipped the script from

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