The Dodgers had the game where they wanted it Friday night: Yoshinobu Yamamoto spinning strikeouts, the Giants’ lineup subdued, and a chance to push their National League West lead a little further into September. Instead, they walked off Oracle Park with another late-inning wound — and the race behind them growing sharper by the day.
Patrick Bailey’s grand slam in the 10th inning lifted San Francisco to a 5–1 win, sending a sellout crowd into delirium and the Dodgers into a familiar frustration. It was the second time in a week that a gem from Yamamoto was squandered, and the second time the bullpen surrendered the final blow.
The loss slices Los Angeles’s division margin to the quick. The Padres remain within reach, and the Giants, still chasing in the Wild Card race, have life. For a Dodgers team accustomed to grinding through September with relative comfort, the pressure is beginning to mount.
Yamamoto deserved better. He struck out 10 in seven innings, allowing a lone run in the second before locking into the kind of rhythm that has made him a centerpiece of the rotation. At one point he retired 20 of 21 batters, mixing a fastball with bite and a splitter that left Giants hitters flailing. His ERA dipped again, and his night ended with the score tied.
But the Dodgers’ offense never broke through. A solo home run in the seventh tied the game, yet repeated opportunities with men on base evaporated. By the time the game reached extras, Los Angeles had stranded seven runners. Their at-bats grew tentative, and the Giants’ bullpen smelled the hesitation.
That left the Dodgers’ own relievers to decide the outcome. Manager Dave Roberts turned to left-hander Tanner Scott in the 10th. Only six days earlier, Scott had allowed rookie Samuel Basallo to end a game in Baltimore with a walk-off homer. This time the blow was heavier. After a walk to Jung Hoo Lee loaded the bases, Bailey jumped on a 1–0 fastball and deposited it beyond the right-field wall.
Scott dropped his head. Again. Bailey raised his arms. And a rivalry game turned into a playoff-caliber gut punch.
FIRST INNING
Top
(The “Beat LA” chant begins)
Shohei Ohtani grounds out to first.
Mookie “Mookie” Betts draws a walk, not literally.
Freddie (No relation) Freeman strikes out.
Max Muncy flies out to right.
Dodgers 0, Giants coming up…
Bottom
Heliot Ramos is at 0-2, 1-2. Swing and a miss, bye bye.
Rafael Devers (no relation) is at 1-2….3-2, he is walking to first.
Willy Adames doubles, scoring Devers
Dominic Smith flies out to center.
Max Chapman is at 1-2….he strikes out.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
SECOND INNING
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…
(I don’t know, man. I was really cold and went to the parking lot for my jacket. Twenty minutes later, we are in the bottom of the fourth, and the score has not changed.
The Dodgers did manage to leave at least two runners in the top of the fourth.)
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
FOURTH INNING
Bottom
Wilmer Flores is strucked out.
Max Chapman is at 0-2. The inning is over, and really, little has changed, if you think about it.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
FIFTH INNING
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Tommy Edman is out at first.
Ben Roetrvert flies out to right.
Shohei Ohtani flies out to left.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
Bottom
Jung Hoo Lee is out at first.
Casey Schmitt sits down after three pitches.
Patrick Bailey is pretty much out.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
SIXTH INNING
Top
Mookie (Mookie) is out at first.
Freddie “Freddie” Freeman
Muncy singles to right.
Teoscar strikes out his own self.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
Bottom
Drew Gilbert strkes out
Heliot Ramos is done.
Rafael Devers is done, also, as well, too.
Giants 1, Dodgers 0.
SEVENTH INNING
Top
Conforto (no relation) is at 2-1. He ties the score with a home run deep to center field, WAY over Hoo Lee.
Pages is at 1-2, and flies out to center.
Ed(no relation)man is at 1-1. Make that 1-2. 2-2. He flies out to right.
Rortvedt doubles to left field.
Shohei gets walked, ‘natch.
Betts flies out to right.
Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
Bottom
Adame is out on a circus catch from Mookie AKA Mookie
Smith flies out to left.
Matt Chapman (Not “Max.” Sorry.) strikes out on four pitches.
Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
EIGHTH INNING
Top
Muncy is hit by a pitch.
Teoscar flies out.
Conforto is at 2-2. He is strickened out by Verlander.
Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
Bottom
Jung Hoo Lee is out at first.
Schmitt is at 0-1. He strikes totally out.
Bailey is at 0-2. Gone.
Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
NINTH INNING
Top
Ryan Walker now pitching for the Gigantes.
Pages is at 2-0.2-1. He flies out over there.
Edman is out at first.
Rortvedt loses a race to first.
Dodgers 1, Giants 1.
Bottom
Blake Treinen now pitching for the Doyers.
Luis Matos is at 1-1. He is safe at first when Freeman flubs a throw from Betts.
Ramos is at 1-1.1-2. He sits back down in the dugout.
Devers be at 0-1. He singles deep to right, and moves a speedy Ramos to third.
Adames gets walked.
Dodgers end the ninth as Smith is out on a fly ball to Pages, and then Pages shoots down Ramos trying to score from third.
Dodgers 1-Giants 1.
TENTH INNING
Top
Shohei is walked. Rortvedt is at second. Moookie flies out and Rotvedt gets shot down at third. Freeman is out at first.
Dodgers 1-Giants 0.
Bottom
Chapman is at 2-1. 3-1. Out at first,and Second Base Guy Kosis moves to third.
Alex Vescia now pitching for the Doyers.
Lee is at 2-1. 3-1. The count be full. He is walked-ed.
Blake Scott is now pitching .
Schmitt gets walked.
Bailey homers and the Giants fans react accordingly.
FINAL: Giants 5- Dodgers 1.
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