By Jeremy Kahn

After seeing Will Smith bring the Los Angeles Dodgers within one run, San Francisco Giants reliever Trevor Gott regrouped in a hurry.

Gott was able to get Max Muncy, Mookie Betts and reigning NL MVP Cody Bellinger in succession and the Giants hung on to defeat the Dodgers 5-4 at Dodger Stadium.

Things were looking great for the Giants, especially after being outscored 17-2 in the first two games of the shortened 2020 season.

Darin Ruf got the Giants on the board in the first inning, as he singled in Austin Slater to give them a quick 1-0 lead.

Unfortunately, the lead would not last long, as Justin Turner hit an opposite field double to score Bellinger in the bottom of the first inning.

The Giants would take the lead for good in the top of the second inning, as Dodgers pitcher unleashed a two-out wild pitch that allowed Mike Yastrzemski to score from third base.

Wilmer Flores hit the Giants second home run in as many days, as he launched a Wood offering and planted it into the left field pavilion to extend the Giants lead up to 3-1 in the top of the top of the third inning.

It looked like that Donovan Solano broke the game wide open in the top of the fourth inning, as he lined a two-run double to center field that scored both Jaylin Davis and Tyler Heineman.

After seeing the Giants jump out to a 5-1 lead on them, the Dodgers decided that enough was enough and began to get back into the game slowly but surely.

Solano, who hit a huge two-run double in the top of the fourth inning, made a huge fielding error that opened the flood gates for the Dodgers.

Corey Seager cut the Giants in half, as he slapped a two-run single to right field to score Bellinger and Turner to narrow the lead down to 5-3 entering the ninth inning.

Things did interesting when Smith led off the bottom of the ninth inning off of Gott; however, the right-hander regrouped to get the next three batters out in order to end the game.

Logan Webb made the start for the Giants, as he went the first four innings and due to the fact that he did not go the required five innings, Webb did not get the decision, despite leading when he left the game.

The decision went to left-hander Caleb Baragar, who pitched two strong innings with a strikeout in his major-league debut.

After Baragar threw his two innings, the Giants once again went to the reliever by committee role to close out the game.

Shawn Anderson, Tony Watson, Tyler Rogers and Gott pitched the final three innings to give the Giants their first win of the season.

Wood went three innings, allowing three runs on three hits, walking three and striking out four in his season debut for the Dodgers.

Austin Slater went 0-for-1 with a run scored; however, he did reach three times via the walk against Dodgers pitching.

Thus far thru three games of the season, the Dodgers so-called Killer Bees, of Bellinger and Betts are not getting off to a great start to the abbreviated season, as they are a combined 4-for-29 at the plate.

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