LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Emmet Sheehan pitched six strong innings and Alex Call delivered a two-run single in a three-run sixth inning as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Dodgers, who improved to 26-18, took two of three in the series and snapped a two-game losing streak to the Giants. San Francisco dropped to 18-26.

Sheehan allowed two hits and two earned runs while striking out six and walking one. He improved to 3-1. Landen Roupp took the loss, falling to 5-4, after allowing five runs, four earned, on eight hits over 5 1/3 innings. Tanner Scott recorded his fourth save with a perfect ninth inning, striking out two.

The Giants scored first in the top of the fifth inning. With one out, Drew Gilbert drew a walk after a successful challenge overturning a called third strike. Eric Haase then reached on a fielder’s choice that erased Gilbert. Jung Hoo Lee followed with an inside-the-park home run down the left-field line, his third of the season, scoring Haase and giving San Francisco a 2-0 lead. It was the only hit of the game for the Giants, who managed just two hits overall.

The Dodgers had taken an early lead in the bottom of the first inning. Will Smith led off with a solo home run to right-center field, his fourth of the year, cutting the Giants’ lead to 2-1. They tied the game in the second inning. Max Muncy walked and Teoscar Hernández doubled, putting runners at second and third. Hyeseong Kim singled to center, scoring Muncy and sending Hernández to third. Hernández was thrown out at home on a fielder’s choice grounder by Miguel Rojas, keeping the score tied at 2-2 through four innings.

The game turned in the bottom of the sixth. Roupp began the inning by walking Andy Pages. Max Muncy grounded into a force out, but Teoscar Hernández singled, putting runners at the corners. After Dalton Rushing struck out, Call pinch-hit and singled to right field, scoring Muncy and Hernández. Call advanced to second on the throw. Rojas then singled to center, plating Call and making it 5-2. Roupp was relieved after the Rojas single, and the Dodgers added a walk before stranding two runners.

Both bullpens held the score. The Dodgers’ Alex Vesia, Edgardo Henriquez and Scott combined for three scoreless innings, allowing no hits and striking out four. The Giants’ relief corps worked 2 2/3 shutout innings but could not overcome the deficit.

Sheehan retired nine of the final 11 batters he faced after the Lee home run, ending his outing with a strikeout of Casey Schmitt in the sixth. Schmitt struck out four times in the game. Lee led the Giants with the home run and two RBIs. For Los Angeles, Call went 1 for 1 with two RBIs, Kim went 1 for 2 with an RBI and Rojas had two hits.

The Giants left only two runners on base all game, while the Dodgers stranded seven. San Francisco had just one at-bat with a runner in scoring position, failing to produce a hit.

The attendance was 51,048. The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Los Angeles 4, San Francisco 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave the Dodgers a 66.50 percent probability of winning. Los Angeles was installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total of seven runs went under the over-under line of 8.5.