LOS ANGELES -- San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy hopes a gut-check victory Tuesday will be the boost his club needs as it fights for its playoff life.The Giants buckled down for a pivotal, 2-0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, just one night after a ninth-inning meltdown in a 2-1 loss seemed to send the San Francisco into a freefall.Instead of finding themselves on the outside of the playoff picture looking in, the Giants (80-71) go into Wednesdays action tied with the New York Mets and St. Louis Cardinals in the National League wild-card race.They also pulled within five games of the Dodgers in the NL West. So a victory at Chavez Ravine would not only give San Francisco a win in the three-games series but would keep alive the teams hopes in the division, given the Giants host Los Angeles Sept. 30 to Oct. 2 in the final series of the season.Its going to be a dogfight the rest of the way, Bochy said after his team snapped a three-game losing streak. But tonight we grinded one out and got the job done, and thats a good start. Its the type of win you can build on, and we know we have guys who have gotten the job done before.If theyre going to build on that momentum, theyve got the right guy on the hill. Lefty Matt Moore carries an 11-11 record, but he has saved his best stuff for the stretch drive. Moore sports a 4-1 record in his past five starts. That included a workmanlike effort in his last start on Friday against St. Louis, in which he allowed two runs in five innings of an 8-2 San Francisco victory.Even better, he has found success against the Dodgers. Moore is 2-1 in three starts against them this season, holding them scoreless for 15 1/3 innings at one point.The Dodgers will counter with rookie sensation Kenta Maeda (15-9). The 28-year-old right-hander from Osaka, Japan, recorded his 15th win of the season in his last start, Sept. 16 at Arizona. 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He will miss league matches against Chelsea on Monday and West Ham on Dec.Michael Hooper has implored his teammates to stop shooting themselves in the foot as they attempt to end Englands 13-Test winning streak.The Wallabies had their grand slam plans rocked by Ireland on Saturday - and largely had themselves to blame as they forced passes and bombed tries.Reflecting on an up-and-down season, which opened with five straight losses to England and New Zealand but has finished with a mostly successful Spring Tour, Hooper said that Australia was the equal of anyone when they played to their potential.Ive been really proud of how weve taken to different teams this year, Hooper said.Weve had those ups and downs, and consistency has been lacking, but whats been the wrap up of the year is that when we do our stuff really well we can beat any team in the world.Its just about doing it more often and sticking to that sort of stuff.While coach Michael Cheika fumed at a 13-3 penalty count, the Wallabies were also their own worst enemies against Ireland.Two tries on the left-hand side of the field were bombed - firstly when David Pococks tip-onn pass to Henry Speight floated forward, and later when the outstanding Israel Folau ignored a two-man overlap to step inside and take a tackle.ddddddddddddTheyre the sort of errors which will need to be eradicated for Australia to trouble England at Twickenham on Saturday.Certainly, the Wallabies have Cheikas blessing to playing attacking footy - but he says the young players especially need to be more selective when it comes to pushing the final pass.Weve got some clear technical ideas about when offloads are on and when theyre not, Cheika said.Some of those that went to ground applied to our technical rules and some didnt. Weve got to get rid of that (inconsistency).Its just about young guys trying to work out when its on and when its not on in the heat of the moment.If youve been under the pump for 15-20 minutes, you get an opportunity... lets score? No, lets keep it for another few phases and well get over eventually anyway. ' ' '