Freddie Freeman had an RBI single in a two-run sixth inning and Yoshinobu Yamamoto didn’t enable a run over 5 1/3 innings because the host Los Angeles Dodgers earned a 2-1 victory within the opener of a four-game sequence in opposition to the San Francisco Giants on Thursday.
Yamamoto saved the Giants off the scoreboard regardless of a career-high six walks, whereas permitting only one hit with seven strikeouts.
Six Dodgers pitchers mixed to permit one hit within the sport with 10 walks and 14 strikeouts, as left-hander Jack Dreyer (3-2) earned the win and left-hander Alex Vesia pitched the ninth for his fifth save.
Los Angeles (86-67) elevated its Nationwide League West result in three video games over the San Diego Padres and lowered its magic quantity for clinching a playoff berth to at least one.
Giants right-hander Logan Webb (14-11) gave up two runs (one earned) over seven innings with one stroll and 5 strikeouts. San Francisco (76-77) misplaced for the fifth time over its previous six video games and is now three video games out of the ultimate wild-card spot within the NL.
The one San Francisco hit was a single from Patrick Bailey within the second inning.
The Dodgers broke by way of on the scoreboard within the sixth inning in opposition to Webb. Ben Rortvedt scored from third base on a floor ball from Mookie Betts as Bailey dropped the throw at house from Giants shortstop Willy Adames.
One batter later, Freeman’s single gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.
The Giants pulled inside a run in a wild seventh inning when not a single ball was put in play. Proper-hander Michael Kopech noticed his struggles proceed with two walks and a strikeout.
Ben Treinen got here on to ship consecutive walks, the second to Rafael Devers to power house a run. Treinen obtained out of the jam with consecutive strikeouts in opposition to Adames and Matt Chapman.
Anthony Banda pitched an ideal eighth inning for Los Angeles earlier than Vesia tied his profession excessive in saves whereas ending off the Dodgers’ eighth victory in 11 video games.
The Dodgers’ victory got here hours after veteran left-hander Clayton Kershaw introduced his retirement, efficient on the finish of the season, in an emotional information convention that included lots of his teammates.
–Discipline Degree Media
