Los Angeles Dodgers Alex Call (right) kicks up a little dirt on the infield surface near San Francisco Giants shortstop Willy Adames (left) after hitting an RBI single in the bottom of the sixth inning at Dodger Stadium on Thu May 14, 2026 (AP News photo)

By Barbara Mason

The Los Angeles Dodgers (25-18) led early 2-0 but the San Francisco Giants (18-25) tied up the game in the fifth inning. The Giants were back in this game until the Dodgers pushed back scoring three runs in the sixth inning.

Los Angeles held onto that lead for the remainder of the game. It was a rough offensive game for the Giants with only two hits in the game. The bats had gone silent for San Francisco the past two games.

Game recap: The Dodgers picked up right where they left off Wednesday night scoring a run in the first inning and a second run in the second inning taking a 2-0 lead. Will Smith knocked one out of the park 390 feet for the early 1-0 lead. Hyeseong Kim was responsible for the second run driving Max Muncy home from third base for the 2-0 tally.

The Dodgers carried the 2-0 lead through the fourth inning but San Francisco turned it all around in the fifth inning. With two outs, Jung Hoo Lee hit an inside-the-park home run scoring two runs and this game was tied 2-2 driving in Eric Haase from first base.

The Giants went three and out in the sixth inning and the game remained tied at 2-2. Giants pitcher Landen Roupp was holding his own allowing five hits and the two earned runs but had seven strikeouts. The Dodgers threatened in the bottom of the inning.

Teoscar Hernandez doubled, his third double of the game, and with Max Muncy on third and only one out Los Angeles was looking at possibly taking back the lead. After the Hernandez double there was a change on the mound for the Giants.

Matt Gage relieved Roupp who allowed six hits, two runs with the seven strikeouts. The Dodgers did make good on their threat scoring two runs taking a 4-2 lead when Alex Call singled both Muncy and Hernandez home.

The Dodgers would score their third run of the inning extending their lead to 5-2. Miguel Rojas singled Call home from second base and once again the Giants were playing from behind the eight ball.

The Giants would again make a change on the mound with Dodger runners at first and second with two outs. Ryan Borucki would try to get that third out in a very very long sixth inning. Borucki successfully got that third out and the game went into the seventh inning.

There was not much going on for San Francisco in the top of the seventh going three and out against Los Angeles relief pitcher Edgardo Henriguez. The Dodgers also went three and out in the bottom of the inning.

After a quiet eighth inning for both teams this game went into the ninth inning with the Dodgers closing in on a win in game four. The Giants were down to their final three outs. San Francisco went three and out and that was the ball game losing the game 5-2 and splitting the series 2-2 with Los Angeles

Game notes: The Giants will finish off their four game series with Dodgers Thursday night but couldn’t get the series win. The Giants had a great start to the series winning the first two games of the series but ran into a buzzsaw in game three and four.

San Francisco really struggled Wednesday night with Shohei Ohtani on the mound getting the shutout. Ohtani was pretty much unstoppable in fact the Giants only had two hits through six innings of the seven he pitched. The Giants would finish the game with five hits.

San Francisco starter Landen Roupp pitched 5.1 innings, allowed six hits and four runs for Los Angeles starter Emmet Sheehan pitched six innings, allowed two hits and two earned runs and struck out six.

Friday night the Giants will jet up to Sacramento for a three game series with the Sacramento Athletics. Probable starting pitcher for the Giants is Tyler Mahle. He has a 1-4 win/loss record and a 5.18 ERA. The A’s plan on sending Aaron Civale to the mound with a 4-1 win/loss record and a 2.59 ERA. First pitch for this game is scheduled for 6:40 PM.