By Jeremy Harness

Well, at least there’s one team in the Bay Area that is able to beat LA.

The Giants shook off the sting of the Pittsburgh loss pretty quickly. When you think about it, however, it’s not like they had a whole lot of time to think about it, either.

Following the Wednesday defeat to the Pirates at PNC Park, the Giants flew across the country in time to meet the Dodgers in Los Angeles Thursday night. The lack of a layoff certainly paid off for the Giants, as they came back to beat the Dodgers, 3-1, in 10 innings.

The Giants got a great outing from starter Ryan Vogelsong, who went 7 1/3 innings and gave up only a run on five hits against a potent Dodgers lineup.

“He threw the heck out of it,” Brandon Hicks said of Vogelsong. “I thought for a while that he was going to throw a no-hitter. He had it going tonight.”

He got a huge save from his bullpen after he gave up a pinch-hit single to Chone Figgins in the eighth. Jeremy Affeldt made a great fielding play to get Dee Gordon while Santiago Casilla got Yasiel Puig swinging after a long battle at the plate to end the inning.

Casilla was not done, however. With closer Sergio Romo warming up in the bullpen, Casilla went through the heart of the lineup and had considerable help in doing so. Shortstop Brandon Crawford made a fantastic diving stop to nail Hanley Ramirez while Hicks ranged well to his right in shallow right field to get Adrian Gonzalez.

The righty finished off the inning himself, as he struck out Matt Kemp to send the game into extra innings.

The Giants had a big opportunity in the 10th inning, as Angel Pagan and Hunter Pence each reached base with one out, forcing reliever Jamey Wright to have to pitch to Buster Posey.

Posey worked the count to 3-0 before Wright fought back to get it to 3-2, with Posey fouling off a couple of pitches before coaxing a walk out of Wright to load the bases.

Hector Sanchez capitalized for the Giants by launching one to the warning track in right field, plenty deep enough to score Pagan from third, before Brandon Belt brought Pence in with a single through the left side of the infield to give the Giants a 3-1 lead.

The Giants had trailed 1-0 in the seventh inning before Hicks, who has quickly been known to get the big hit, connected for a solo home run off Dodgers starter Josh Beckett, who himself had a great performance in giving up only that one run on five hits over 6 2/3 innings.