This was not Los Angeles Dodgers Cody Bellinger’s kind of night here is Bellinger walking back to the Dodgers dugout after striking out against the San Francisco Giants in the seventh. He would later make a throwing error that would allow Giants catcher Buster Posey to score in the eighth inning. (AP News photo)

By Jeremy Kahn

Once again, the San Francisco Giants and the Los Angeles Dodgers played a tight knit game that came down to the final at-bat.

Buster Posey scored on a throwing error on a ball hit by Darin Ruf, when Cody Bellingers throw to Justin Turner was airmailed that easily allowed Posey to score from third base in the bottom of the eighth inning and the Giants took game one of the three-game series with a 2-1 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park.

Blake Treinen walked both Posey and Mike Yastrzemski to start the rally for the Giants, then Ruf grounded out to Max Muncy, who threw to Bellinger for the first out and then instead of trying to get Yastrzemski at second base, Bellinger tried to get Posey at third base; however, his throw went half way up the netting past third base and Posey scored the eventual game-winning run.

In the first 14 games between the Giants and the Dodgers, nine of those games have been decided by two runs or less.

Treinen was able to regroup and got Wilmer Flores to ground out to Muncy for the second out, and got LaMonte Wade, Jr., to strikeout for the fourth time on the night to end the inning.

Despite giving up two hits to Luke Raley and recent nemesis Chris Taylor that allowed the Dodgers to put runners on second and third with one out in the top of the eighth inning, Tyler Rogers was to get out of the jam, as he got Muncy to ground into a fielders choice that saw Ruf throw to Posey and get Raley for the second out. Rogers was able to get out of the jam, as he retired Turner on a fly ball to Yastrzemski in right field.

Rogers pitched one inning and picked up his second win of the season against one loss.

Jake McGee came on in the top of the ninth inning to nail down his 21st save of the season, as he retired his former team in order and the Giants increased their lead over the Dodgers in the National League West up to three games.

It was a pitchers duel between Logan Webb for the Giants and Julio Urias for the Dodgers, that is until the Dodgers finally broke through in the top of the fifth inning.

Bellinger, who was 0-for-27 on the season against the Giants singled against Webb for the Dodgers first hit of the night, and then scored on a Billy McKinney single to centerfield; however, McKinney was thrown out at second base by Austin Slater to Thairo Estrada.

That would be the score until the bottom of the sixth inning, as Posey singled to centerfield that scored Slater to tie up the game between the two longtime rivals.

Webb went the first six innings for the Giants, as he allowed one run on three hits, walking just one and striking out five; however, he did not fare in the decision.

Like Webb, Urias also did not fare in the decision, as he went five and two-thirds innings, allowing one run on six hits, not allowing a walk and striking out five.

NOTES: This was the Giants 100th game of the season and with their 63rd win of the season, they tied the 2003 team for the third-best record since moving to San Francisco in 1958. Only the 1962 and 1993 teams had more wins after 100 games.

On the season, the Giants have scored 486 runs and allowed 365 runs to opponents, and the difference of 121 runs in the third biggest difference in the majors, trailing the Dodgers (plus 145) and the Giants next opponent, the Houston Astros, who are plus 141.

Sammy Long was reinstated from the 10-day disabled list and to make room for Long, Zack Littell was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento.

UP NEXT: Anthony DeSclafani goes for his 11th win for the Giants on Wednesday night, while the Dodgers will send Walker Buehler to the mound, as he also looks for his 11th win of the season.