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The San Francisco Giants Brandon Belt heads on home after a three run home run in the first inning off of Los Angeles Dodger starter Julio Urias on Tuesday night at Oracle Park in San Francisco. The game wound up going 11 innnings when Donavon Solano hit a two run homer for the gamer. (photo from ap news)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Donovan Solano ended the game with one swing of the bat and gave the San Francisco Giants a huge victory.

Solano hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the 11th inning, giving the Giants an incomparable 10-8 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, their seventh win in a row. This was the first career walk-off home run of Solanos career.

Mike Yastrzemski, who was 0-for-6 at the plate scored the tying run, as Evan Longoria singled to right field and then Solano ended it, when he launched a Dennis Santana pitch into the left field bleachers to give them the victory.

Justin Turner gave the Dodgers the lead for the second time in as many innings, as he beat out a dribbler back to the mound and no one was covering at first base. The Turner single scored Will Smith, who started the inning at second base and then went to third on a Corey Seager ground out.

Things got weird when the new rule of a runner on second base when extra innings begin bit both teams in the rear end.

Turner was on second base when the top of the 10th inning began, and then reached third on a passed ball by Joey Bart, and then scored on a Bart throwing error that gave the Dodgers a 7-6 lead.

Since Bart made the last out for the Giants in the bottom of the ninth inning, he went to second when the bottom of the 10th inning began.

Bart went to third on a Steven Duggar ground out, and then Brandon Crawford struck out for the second out of the inning, Mauricio Dubon hit a ground ball that Turner fielded at third base; however, he was unable to recover and get Dubon at first to end the game and Bart scored the tying run.

Brandon Belt tied up the game in the bottom of the ninth inning, as he hit his second home run of the game off of Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen.

Max Muncy gave the Dodgers an early 3-0 lead, as he slammed a three-run home run onto the right-center field arcade in the top of the first inning.

That lead did not last long, as Belt tied it up in the bottom of the first inning, as he hit the first pitch saw from Julio Urias and planted it into the center field bleachers.

It was a tough night for Giants starter Johnny Cueto, who lasted just four innings, allowing six runs on eight hits, walking just one and striking out six, as he did not fare in the decision

Urias also went four innings, allowing four runs on six hits, walking three and striking out six; however, he also did not fare in the decision.

Muncy, who got the Dodgers on the board in the top of the first inning, added another RBI in that third inning, as he walked against Cueto with the bases loaded to score Turner from third base. Turner singled after the Seager home run, then Cody Bellinger doubled Turner to third base and then scored on a wild pitch by Cueto.

Seager gave the Dodgers a 4-3 lead in the top of the third inning, as he homered off of Cueto for what looked like the game-winning run until Belts heroics in the bottom of the ninth inning.

Joc Pederson gave the Dodgers a three-run lead when he doubled to right field to score Bellinger.

Belt cut the Dodgers lead down to two runs in the bottom of the fifth inning, as he doubled in Longoria, who led off the inning with a single.

It was a big night for Belt and Longoria, who went a combined 8-for-10 at the plate with two home runs with six runs batted in.

The Giants loaded the bases in the bottom of the seventh inning, as Longoria and Belt each singled and then Solano reached on a fielding error and then Bart grounded into a double play that scored Longoria from third base. Bart was originally called safe; however, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts challenged the call and it was reversed after a short review. Unfortunately, came the rally to a screeching halt, when pinch hitter Pablo Sandoval struck out to end the inning and the threat.

In the victory, the Giants bullpen, which has been under a lot of scrutiny after blowing late leads recently, seemed in tip top shape, as they pitched the final seven innings and the combination, of Andrew Suarez, Trevor Gott, Wandy Peralta, Sam Coonrod, Shawn Anderson Caleb Baragar Jarlin Garcia, Tyler Rogers and Sam Selman gave up two runs on four hits, walked four and struck out seven in relief of Cueto. Selman, who pitched the 11th inning, won his first game of the season.

NOTES: Brandon Belt’s 9th-inning game-tying HR off Kenley Jansen is the 1st game-tying HR by a Giants player vs the Dodgers in the 9th inning or later since Mark Lewis on July 12, 1997 in LA. 1st at HOME since Barry Bonds on June 20 that season. Both off Todd Worrell. Thank you Sarah Langs for that note.

Andrew McCutchen came up with the last Giants walk-off home run against the Dodgers on April 7, 2018 off of Wilmer Font. In that game, McCutchen went 6-for-7 against Dodgers pitching.

UP NEXT: Kevin Gausman will take the mound on Wednesday night for the Giants, while the Dodgers will counter with Clayton Kershaw.

The San Francisco Giants Tyler Anderson throws against the Arizona Diamondbacks for a complete game a rarity in MLB on Sat Aug 22, 2020 at Oracle Park in San Francisco (photo from abcnews.go.com)

By Jeremy Kahn

SAN FRANCISCO-Joey Bart came within inches of his first major-league home run, but he is probably happier with the outcome of the game.

Bart doubled for the third straight game in the bottom of the seventh that allowed Brandon Crawford to advance to third base, then after a Mauricio Dubon walk, Mike Yastrzemski walked to score Crawford with the eventual winning run and the San Francisco Giants made it five wins in a row with a 5-1 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Tyler Anderson pitched a fantastic game, as he threw a complete game, allowing one run on just three hits, not walking a batter and striking out four and he won for the first time as a member of the Giants.

I told him this (in Summer Camp): If youre dominant, were not going to take you out of the rotation, said Giants manager Gabe Kapler.

The left-hander is only the third Giants pitcher to throw a complete game over the past three seasons, joining Madison Bumgarner and Chris Stratton.

Showing how weird baseball is, when Stratton threw his complete game on September 14, 2018 against the Colorado Rockies, the starting pitcher for the Rockies in that game was none other than Anderson, who went six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits, not walking a batter and striking out six in a hard fought 2-0 loss to the Giants.

Anderson gave up a double to the second batter of the game in Ketel Marte; however, Anderson regrouped to get both Starling Marte and ChristIan Walker on ground outs to Crawford to end the inning and the threat.

David Peralta picked up the second hit of the night off of Anderson, as he singled to right field in the top of the seventh inning to score Starling Marte from second base. Marte reached base when the throw from Crawford was too high for Brandon Belt.

Marte then stole second without a throw by Chadwick Tromp, but Anderson was able to get out of the jam, as he got Eduardo Escobar to fly out to Yastrzemski in right field and then Nick Ahmed to ground into a force play to end the inning.

Yastrzemski made the defensive play of the game, as he robbed Ketel Marte of both extra bases and an RBI, as he made a fantastic catch against the chain linked fencing in right field. Just prior to the Yastrzemski catch, Anderson made one of very few mistakes, as he hit Kole Calhoun.

You keep yourself safest when youre fearless, said Kapler about Yastrzemskis phenomenal catch.

The Giants scored their first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning without the benefit of a hit, as Brandon Belt grounded into a double play that scored Yastrzemski from third base.

Diamondbacks starter Zac Gallen began the game on a shaky note, as he walked the first three batters of the game and then Belts double play scored Yastrzemski with the Giants lone run until the bottom of the seventh inning, when the game was broken open after three walks and a double by Bart that was nearly a two-run home run.

NOTES: Bart is just the third Giants player since at least 1901 with an extra base hit in each of his 1st career game (Thank you Sarah Langs for that note). He joins Buster Maynard in 1940, and John Bowker in 2008.

Anderson is the eighth pitcher this season to throw a complete game.

Gallen tied a major-league record for most games allowing three or fewer earned runs to start his career (all starts, no relief appearances. Gallen equaled the mark set by Aaron Sele of the Boston Red Sox from June 23, 1993 to April 19, 1994.

Austin Slater was placed on the 10-day injured list with a mild left groin strain that took place in the bottom of the first inning of Friday nights victory. Steven Duggar was recalled from the alternate site to replace Slater.

UP NEXT: Trevor Cahill heads to the mound on Sunday afternoon, as the Giants go for the sweep, while Luke Weaver will go to the mound for the Diamondbacks.