Dodgers’ Rally Falls Short as Giants Win 3-1

SAN FRANCISCO (Interstat) — Landen Roupp pitched five strong innings and the San Francisco Giants scored three times in the first inning Tuesday night, holding on for a 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers before a crowd of 40,066 at Oracle Park.

The Giants, who improved to 10-13 with the win, jumped on Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto immediately. Willy Adames led off the bottom of the first with a single to shortstop Hyeseong Kim, advancing to second on a throwing error by Kim. Luis Arraez followed with a single to left, moving Adames to third, and Matt Chapman walked to load the bases. Rafael Devers then singled to right, scoring Adames to tie the game at 1-1. Casey Schmitt followed with a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Arraez and giving the Giants a 2-1 lead. Jung Hoo Lee then singled to right, driving in Chapman to make it 3-1.

That would prove to be all the offense San Francisco needed.

Roupp (4-1) scattered one hit and one earned run over five innings, striking out seven. He retired the side in order in the second, third and fifth innings, stifling a Dodgers lineup that entered the game with a 16-7 record and had won 12 of its previous 15 contests.

The Dodgers’ only run came in the fourth inning, when Teoscar Hernández scored on a bases-loaded walk to Hyeseong Kim. But the rally was short-lived: Alex Call grounded into a double play to end the inning and erase any further threat.

Yamamoto (2-2) took the loss despite a solid outing. He went seven innings, allowing six hits and three runs — two earned — while striking out seven. He did not walk a batter after the first inning and retired 10 of the final 11 batters he faced, but the early damage was too much to overcome.

The Dodgers managed only three hits in the game, all singles. Hernández doubled in the sixth inning for the only extra-base hit by either team. Shohei Ohtani singled in the seventh inning but was left stranded. The Dodgers struck out 15 times as a team.

San Francisco’s bullpen was lights down the stretch. Keaton Winn, Ryan Borucki, Matt Gage and Erik Miller combined for 2 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit. Ryan Walker pitched a perfect ninth inning, striking out two to earn his second save of the season.

Lee finished 2 for 3 with an RBI for the Giants. Heliot Ramos also had a hit in the sixth inning.

The game, which lasted 2 hours, 30 minutes, was a stark contrast to the offensive fireworks expected by pregame projections. Interstat’s game simulator had predicted a 6-4 Dodgers victory, and Los Angeles entered as a -1.5 favorite on the run line. The total score of four runs went under the over/under line of seven.

For the Dodgers, the loss snapped a brief winning streak after a 12-3 victory at Colorado on Monday. Los Angeles had won four of its previous five games overall.

The Giants, meanwhile, ended a brief two-game slide after dropping the final two games of their series at Washington over the weekend. San Francisco had lost four of its previous six games entering Tuesday night.

Roupp’s performance continued a strong stretch for the right-hander. In his previous start April 16 at Cincinnati, he tossed six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out six in a 3-0 victory. On April 10 at Baltimore, he allowed one earned run over six innings in a 6-3 win.

The two teams will meet again Wednesday night in the second game of this three-game series at Oracle Park. The Dodgers are scheduled to continue their road trip after the series, hosting the Chicago Cubs for a three-game weekend set beginning Friday. The Giants will remain home to host the Miami Marlins for a three-game series starting Friday.