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By Jeremy Kahn

After a 16-inning game in the finale of their four-game series against the Miami Marlins, the San Francisco Giants took a cross country flight, while their opponent, the Los Angeles Dodgers were on a day off.

Enrique Hernandez hit a home run off of Derek Holland in the bottom of the first inning, helping the Dodgers to a 3-2 victory over the Giants at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.

Matt Kemp hit a towering home run to straightaway center field off of Holland that gave the Dodgers a 2-0 lead, but it was a Yasmani Grandal fly ball to center field that was the key point to the game.

Grandal’s fly ball was dropped by Austin Jackson and then Yasiel Puig doubled to right-center field with what proved to be the game-winning run.

Pablo Sandoval cut the Dodgers lead down to 3-2 in the top of the seventh inning, as he hit a two-run home run off of Dodgers starter Ross Stripling that landed in the Dodgers’ bullpen.

Unfortunately, the Giants could not get any closer, as Josh Fields, Scott Alexander got the Giants out in the top of the seventh inning and eighth inning, before turning to closer Kenley Jansen, who retired the Giants in order to pick-up his 16thsave of the season.

Stripling went 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on four hits, not walking a batter and striking out six, as he improved his record on the season up to 6-1.

Holland went five innings, allowing three runs (two of them earned), while walking two and striking out seven, as his record fell to 4-7 on the season.

Pierce Johnson, called up earlier in the day, pitched two innings, allowing one hit and walking one. Will Smith continued pitching great, as he went one inning and struck out one.

NOTES: Madison Bumgarner will make his third start of the season, as he still looks for that elusive first win of the season, while the Dodgers will counter with Alex Wood, who is currently 1-5 on the season after going 16-3 in helping the Dodgers to their first World Series appearance since 1988.

Evan Longoria was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a broken left hand. Longoria broke the fifth metacarpal (pinkie) after he was hit by a pitch by Dan Straliy in the top of the fourth inning of Thursday’s 6-3 victory over the Marlins at Marlins Park.

The Longoria injury is the exact same injury that Bumgarner is just coming back from after missing nearly the first two months of the season.

UP NEXT: The Giants and Dodgers face off on Saturday at 5:15 pm PDT on FOX.