Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani, right, celebrates with Miguel Rojas, foreground, in the dugout after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in San Francisco.
12:39 JST, June 30, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Will Smith drove in two runs to start a seven-run 11th inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 14-7 on Saturday night.
Smith, who led off the inning after Shohei Ohtani was intentionally walked, scored two runs with a hard double into the left-center field gap off Sean Hjelle (3-2). The Dodgers hit five straight hits, with Freddie Freeman, Teoscar Hernández, Chris Taylor and Jason Heyward reaching base against Hjelle.
The game was close until the 11th inning barrage, with both teams scoring their automatic runners in the 10th inning. Miguel Rojas hit an RBI single for the Dodgers and David Villar tied the game for the Giants with a double. But Daniel Hudson (5-1) escaped a one-out jam with the bases loaded to send the game to the 11th.
The Dodgers have won five of six and are 6-2 against the Giants this season.
The Giants scored four runs in the bottom of the third, but the Dodgers responded with four runs of their own in the fourth to take a 6-5 lead. Brett Wisely tied the game in the fifth with a broken-bat RBI single.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Shohei Ohtani watches his solo home run against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game on Saturday, June 29, 2024, in San Francisco.
Matt Chapman had three hits for the Giants, along with a walk.
Ohtani hit a home run in the third inning to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead.
Dodgers starter Tyler Glasnow allowed five runs in three innings, his shortest outing of the season. Los Angeles used nine pitchers, with seven pitchers pitching for the Giants in a bullpen duel, something they have had to do more often because several starters were injured.
Spencer Howard, who took over after Erik Miller threw the first, surrendered six runs in 2 2/3 innings. San Francisco entered the game leading the major leagues with 340.2 innings pitched by its bullpen.
