SAN FRANCISCO -- Two teams tail-spinning into dangerous territory in the National League playoff picture look to turn things around while adding to the others misery when the New York Mets and San Francisco Giants open a four-game series Thursday night.The pitching matchup in the opener has an October feel to it: Jacob deGrom vs. Madison Bumgarner. But truth be told, neither New York nor San Francisco figures to be playing much fall baseball the way their summers have been going.The Mets (60-60) arrive in San Francisco having lost two of three at Arizona to open a 10-game trip.And now comes the tough part: four at San Francisco (66-54) and three at St. Louis (64-56), two of the four teams the Mets are chasing in the wild-card race.The race has gone more backward than forward for both the Mets and the Giants in recent weeks.Having lost seven of 10 against the Diamondbacks and San Diego Padres -- the bottom two teams in the NL West -- the Mets are just 13-18 since the All-Star break, the fourth-worst record in the NL.They are hoping deGrom (7-5, 2.30 ERA) can help get things headed back in the right direction.The right-hander has been terrific in his past nine starts. If you throw out his only loss in that stretch -- when he was roughed up for five runs in 3 2/3 innings at Miami on July 23 -- he has allowed just five runs in 56 2/3 innings, an 0.79 ERA.However, he has only four wins to show for those games, an indication of just how bad the Mets have been of late.They are planning to have shortstop Asdrubal Cabrera (Thursday) and Yoenis Cespedes (Friday) back for the San Francisco series, which might help. Cabrera has been sidelined since Aug. 1 with a strained left patellar tendon, while Cespedes has placed out since Aug. 4 due to a strained right quadriceps.San Francisco, meanwhile, fell to the Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Wednesday, capping a three-game series sweep. The Giants have lost five of six on their current 10-game homestand.They have been even worse than the Mets since the All-Star break, going 9-21, the worst record in baseball.Along the way, the Giants have dropped out of first place in the NL West after holding the top spot for 93 consecutive days. They will begin play Thursday trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by 1 1/2 games in the division.Were taking some blows right now, Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after the Wednesday loss. But its a tough club. Its a resilient club. They came out and did some good things (Wednesday). Were creating some good chances and opportunities.The Giants will begin the series with their ace on the mound. Bumgarner (11-7, 2.11 ERA) has never lost to the Mets in his career, having gone 4-0 with a 1.03 ERA in five starts.In fact, Bumgarner hasnt even allowed a run to the Mets since Sept. 13, 2013. 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Raws Survivor Series squads were also finalised inside the SSE Hydro, with Seth Rollins added to the mens elimination match against Smackdown, Alicia Fox and Sasha Banks inserted into the womens and a host of stars, including Cesaro, Sheamus, Big Cass and Enzo Amore, placed alongside The New Day in the tag-team scrap. Sami Zayn also landed a big victory, downing Bulgarian Brute Rusev to earn an Intercontinental Title showdown against Smackdowns Dolph Ziggler on November 20. Weve picked out the best moves from this weeks Raw The headline act in Toronto, though, will be the long-awaited rematch between Goldberg and Brock Lesnar - Goldberg winning their initial bout at WrestleMania XX in 2004. The rivals will meet face-to-face in the ring on Raw next week but on the Monday just gone they delivered strong words during sit-down interviews - Goldberg warning Lesnar that he was going to get an a**e-kicking and Lesnar urging the WCW legends family not to watch what he will do to Goldberg at Survivor Series. Goldberg says Brock Lesnar should prepare for an a**e-kicking when they fight in a WrestleMania XX rematch at WWE Survivor Series. TUESDAYSome monumental announcements were made in Glasgow as Smackdown was also held in the city. The biggest was surely that Shane McMahon, who has only wrestled once in a WWE ring since 2009 - his Hell in a Cell battle with The Undertaker at WrestleMania 32 in April of this year - will fight for Team Smackdown at Survivor Series with Baron Corbin ruled out due to a leg injury, McMahon now set to scrap for the blue brand alongside AJ Styles, Dean Ambrose, Randy Orton and Bray Wyatt. 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Triple H posted this incredible tour of the WWE Performance Centre featuring the future superstars nailing the Mannequin Challenge! Vid courtesy of WWE.com WEDNESDAYTitle secure, Lynch visited reigning Premier League champions Leicester City, catching up with full-back Christian Fuchs and winger Marc Albrighton and posing with the trophy the Foxes unexpectedly landed at the end of the 2015-16 campaign. It wasnt Lynchs first footballing expedition, though, with the 29-year-old, and Ziggler, having made their way to the Etihad Stadium on Saturday to provide alternative commentary on Manchester Citys 1-1 draw at home to Middlesbrough. Lynch and Ziggler commentate at Manchester City On a busy Wednesday night, Chris Jerichos 46th birthday turned sour in Berlin as we was covered in cake by Rollins, while the finalists in the 2016 NXT Dusty Rhodes Tag Team Classic were confirmed - The Authors of Pain defeating #DIY to qualify and TM-61 overcoming SAnitY. Earlier in the day, people in the UK had woken up to the news that, Donald Trump, had been elected as the 45th President of the United States, nine years after shaving Vince McMahons head at WrestleMania 23! Donald Trump appeared at WrestleMania 23 in 2007 THURSDAYTim Wiese is a man in demand. Fresh from making his in-ring debut for WWE in Munich on November 3 under the moniker The Machine, the former Germany, Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim goalkeeper could now be set for a return to the football pitch, having inked a deal with Bavaria-based amateur side SSV Dillingen. The clubs chairman, Christoph Nowak, does not expect Wiese to be a regular, though, and says it could be in spring 2017 when he makes his debut. Tim Wiese could soon dust off his goalkeeping gloves Elsewhere, with WWE having crossed the pond, we asked you to test your knowledge of British and Irish wrestlers in our weekly quiz, with questions supplied on William Regal, Finn Balor, Wade Barrett, Paige and more. Do you for, example, know what Finlays first name is? Back in the ring, The Usos and Jason Jordan tasted victory on WWE Main Event, over The Hype Bros and Viktor respectively. The Usos and Jordan will now be hoping for big displays on Tuesdays landmark 900th episode of Smackdown. Edge and The Undertaker will appear on the 900th episode of WWE Smackdown, live on Sky Sports 5. Also See: WWE Raw report WWE Smackdown report WWE NXT report WWE Main Event report ' ' '