Giants top Dodgers 6‑2 behind Houser’s solid start

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Adrian Houser allowed two runs over six innings to win his first game of the season as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.

San Francisco scored single runs in the third, two in the fifth and three in the seventh. Jung Hoo Lee delivered a two-run double in the seventh that broke the game open. Drew Gilbert earlier drove in a run with a bunt single. The Giants pounded out 10 hits while limiting the Dodgers to four.

Shohei Ohtani scored on a sacrifice fly by Will Smith in the first inning, and the Dodgers added a run in the third, but they could not sustain any rally.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the loss, falling to 3-3 after allowing six runs in six innings. Caleb Kilian earned his second save with a scoreless ninth.

The Giants improved to 18-24 and have won two straight against Los Angeles, which dropped to 24-18. The series continues Wednesday. Attendance was 50,029. The game lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes.