Dodgers beat Giants behind Sheehan’s strong start
LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Emmet Sheehan pitched six innings of two-hit ball and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Thursday at Dodger Stadium. The Dodgers won their second straight game in the series after dropping the previous two.
Sheehan (3-1) allowed two runs and struck out six, earning the win. Landen Roupp (5-4) took the loss for the Giants, surrendering four runs over 5 1/3 innings. Tanner Scott pitched a perfect ninth for his fourth save.
The Dodgers took an early lead, scoring one run in the first and another in the second on Hyeseong Kim’s single. San Francisco tied the game in the fifth when Jung Hoo Lee hit an inside-the-park home run, driving in two runs. Los Angeles broke the tie with three runs in the sixth, highlighted by Alex Call’s two-run single and Miguel Rojas’ RBI single.
Teoscar Hernández had three hits for Los Angeles. The Dodgers outhit San Francisco 8-2.
The attendance was 51,048. The game lasted 2 hours, 48 minutes. Los Angeles improved to 26-18, while San Francisco fell to 18-26.