By Morris Phillips

SAN FRANCISCO–What the Dodgers have going right now you could set your watch to. It’s that succinct and matter of fact, way more than the Giants can handle right now.

Julio Urias pitched six, scoreless innings in the Dodgers’ 3-0 victory Wednesday night, striking out six with no walks. His counterpart, the Giants’ Alex Cobb was pretty good, but not flawless, pitching into the seventh inning with three runs on four hits allowed. The win gives the Dodgers seven, consecutive wins against their rival, a feat they last accomplished in 1980.

“If we had the answer we would’ve called a team meeting and made a quick fix and it’d be all over,” said Cobb. “It just hasn’t been great baseball.”

Miguel Vargas made his Major League debut for Los Angeles, and doubled in the second inning, scoring Trayce Thompson with the game’s first run. Vargas’ presence compensated for Justin Turner’s continued absence, and he was one of three players that showed the NL West leader’s depth and talent along with Thompson and James Outman, who started in left field and went 1 for 4.

Joey Bart had three hits, and Brandon Belt two for the Giants, who couldn’t come up with the big hit despite having several chances. The Giants were 1 for 7 with runners in scoring position and left 10 baserunners stranded.

Longtime, iconic Dodgers’ announcer Vin Scully was memorialized on the visitor’s jerseys with a classy patch and the performance of the team, which has one seven of eight since the All-Star break and increased their lead in the division.

Urias won his eight, straight start, over a nine-game span illustrating how the host’s performance can quickly get lost when their rival is playing this well.

The Giants loaded the bases in the ninth inning, only to see Craig Kimbrel induce a pop-out from Mike Yastrzemski and strike out Austin Slater to end the game. Kimbrel notched his 19th save.

The Giants had new acquisition J.D. Davis available, but elected not to use him. Reliever Sam Long and outfielder Jason Vosler were outrighted to Sacramento to make room for Davis.

The Giants get one more look at the Dodgers in this series on Thursday, but Clayton Kershaw will be their main concern. Kershaw has two no-decisions this season against the Giants, which means he’s due. Kershaw has won more than 20 games in his career against the Giants.