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Giants drop Padres; Braves go wild
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A flurry of tiebreakers, that might’ve been fun for fans. For the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta Braves, a guaranteed spot in the playoffs was just fine.What could’ve turned into a real tangle of a postseason picture suddenly became clear Sunday: Manager Bobby Cox and his wild-card Braves will face the Giants, while the San Diego Padres are finished.“We try hard,” Cox said after beating the Philadelphia Phillies. “This team is the hardest-working, hardest-trying team we’ve ever had here.”Major League Baseball was looking at the possibility of a three-team, two-day, coast-to-coast set of tiebreakers to sort out all the postseason slots.