By Jeremy Kahn

This was a game that the San Francisco Giants could have won, but their usual stellar bullpen was unable to hold onto the lead and eventually the game.

Dee Gordon and Yasiel Puig snapped a 2-2 tie with consecutive RBI doubles in the bottom of the seventh inning, and Matt Kemp hit an opposite field home run in the bottom of the eighth inning, as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Giants 6-2 at Dodger Stadium.

Once again, Zach Greinke was up to his dominant self, as he allowed just two runs on six hits, walking three and striking out eight in seven innings of work.

By allowing fewer than three runs or less once again, Greinke extended his streak to 20 consecutive starts, the longest streak by any pitcher in the “dead ball” era.

Greinke raised his record to 6-1 on the season, and move within three and a half games of the NL West leading Giants, who remain in first place.

After loading the bases in the first inning, Greinke was able to strike out Pablo Sandoval, as he last drove in a run on April 16 at AT&T Park against the Dodgers, a span of 20 games and 68 at-bats.

To make matters even worse for Sandoval, over his last 26 at-bats with runners in scoring position, Sandoval has just two hits.

The Giants loaded the bases in the top of the second inning with nobody out, they scored what proved to be their only runs of the game.

Hunter Pence drove in Angel Pagan with a sacrifice fly, and Brandon Hicks scored on a Buster Posey single to give them a 2-0 lead.

Cain pitch into the sixth inning, and was pulled from the game after two walks and a single to Puig in between that loaded the bases with nobody out.

Dee Gordon scored the Dodgers first run of the game on a double play off the bat of Adrian Gonzalez and then Kemp tied up the game with a single.

Cain pitched five runs, allowing two runs on three hits and walked four in his first start since coming off the disabled list earlier in the day.

This was the first start for Cain since April 23, and missed two starts due to cutting his right finger with a knife while trying to catch the knife in the clubhouse prior to a start at AT&T Park against the San Diego Padres.

Brian Wilson was able to get out of a bases loaded jam in the top of the eighth inning, as retired Pence on a popup to Drew Butera behind the plate.