Los Angeles Dodgers Mookie Betts shares his excitement after belting a solo home run his 200th career round tripper in the bottom of the third inning against the San Francisco Giants at Dodgers Stadium in Los Angeles (AP News photo)

Dodgers Dominate In Series – Winning Third Game In a Row Over Giants 4-2

By Barbara Mason

The San Francisco Giants (48-46) have endured a disappointing series against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers (63-30) dropping their third game of the four game set on Saturday 4-2 at Dodgers Stadium. Thursday night the Dodgers prevailed 9-6 followed by a 5-1 win Friday night. Saturday afternoon the Giants were looking to turn things around in game three of their four game series.

It sure did not go as planned for San Francisco. The Dodgers were first up on the scoreboard with back to back solo homers from Mookie Betts and Trea Turner for a 2-0 lead in the third inning. In the sixth inning Gavin Lux tripled driving in Cody Bellinger giving the Dodgers a 3-0 lead.

Julio Urias got through six innings allowing five hits with five strikeouts. He was relieved by Caleb Ferguson. The Giants Alex Wood went four innings with six strikeouts but it was the two homers in the third inning that really hurt San Francisco.

The Dodgers kept their foot on the pedal and in the seventh inning extended their lead 4-0 when Freddie Freeman hit a solo home run. So far it was total domination by the Dodgers. The Giants just could not handle the Los Angeles bullpen.

In the ninth inning the Giants came to life with their first run of the game. Thairo Estrada scored off a Luis Gonzalez single. San Francisco was not finished. A Joey Bart single drove Yermin Mercedes home and with Gonzalez and Bart on base the Giants had the go ahead run at the plate. Closer David Price took care of Austin Slater who struck out looking and that was the ball game.

Notes: In a court filing against Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Trevor Bauer who was accused of beating and sexually abusing a San Diego woman. Bauer has denied the allegations saying they are, “false, fabricated, or bogus.”

Bauer has also denied the charges and is suing the woman for defamation saying she lied regarding their sexual relationship with the intent of ruining his baseball career. After Bauer filed the defamation suit in April Major League Baseball suspended Bauer for two years. Photos of the woman shows her with two black eyes and a bruised face. Bauer said that the tryst was consensual the woman’s lawyer Bryan Freedman said “absolutely no one can consent to this logically or legally.”

The woman responded to Bauer’s claims that she lied saying that she did not make a “false, misleading or defamatory police report” the response was made through the US District Court of Santa Ana. Bauer said that she altered or filtered photos of a restraining order request in June 2021 which the woman denies doing.

Tomorrow the Giants will finish this series hoping for at least one win in this four game series. Los Angeles will be gunning for a sweep. Alex Cobb will take the mound for the Giants with a 3-4 record and an ERA of 4.09. The Dodgers will send veteran Clayton Kershaw (7-2, 2.13) to close out this series. First pitch is scheduled for 1:10 PM PT.