San Francisco took the rivalry points at Dodger Stadium with a late kick, beating the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 in front of 44,298 fans. The Giants led 1-0 after the second, fell behind 2-1 in the fourth, then turned a 3-3 game into a comfortable win with six unanswered runs in the final three innings. Both clubs finished with double-digit hits, but San Francisco made theirs count.

Seventh-inning swing

After the Dodgers tied it 3-3 in the sixth, the Giants answered with three in the seventh and three more in the ninth to pull away. That seventh-inning burst flipped the game for good, and the visitors never looked back. San Francisco finished with 12 hits and a .308 average on the night, pairing traffic with timely contact.

Bats that did the damage

Rafael Devers set the tone as designated hitter, going 2-for-3 with a home run, two RBI and three runs scored, plus a walk. Willy Adames added two hits and drove in three, while Heliot Ramos chipped in a 2-for-4 line with a double, two RBI and a walk. Casey Schmitt reached four times, scored three runs and stole a base.

For the Dodgers, Max Muncy crushed a two-run homer in the fourth and finished 2-for-4. Freddie Freeman went 2-for-4 with a double and a run, while Teoscar Hernández and Will Smith also logged two hits each. Los Angeles produced 10 hits but left 16 on base.

Bullpen closes it out

Giants starter Trevor McDonald went 5.1 innings, allowing 3 earned with 4 strikeouts. The bullpen did the rest: Matt Gage earned the win with 1.2 scoreless, Keaton Winn added a clean frame, and JT Brubaker worked a 1-2-3 ninth. That trio combined for 3.2 shutout innings with three strikeouts and just one hit allowed.

Roki Sasaki started for the Dodgers and struck out five over 5.0 innings, yielding 3 earned. Blake Treinen tossed a tidy sixth, but the seventh unraveled as Alex Vesia was tagged for three earned in one out of work. Wyatt Mills walked three and conceded three runs in the ninth as the Giants padded the lead.

Numbers to know

– RBI: Giants 9, Dodgers 2.
– OPS: Giants .862, Dodgers .733.
– Extra-base hits: each side logged two doubles and one homer.
– Errors: none, clean fielding from both clubs.

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