LOS ANGELES – Teoscar Hernández had three hits and three RBIs, including a go-ahead run in the eighth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers extended their winning streak to four games by defeating the San Francisco Giants 3-2 on Monday night.
Hernández lined a base hit up the middle with two outs in the eighth to plate Kiké Hernández, who homered with a leadoff double against Erik Miller (3-3).
It was Teoscar Hernández’s 27th RBI with two strikeouts, tied for fourth-most in the National League.
“At the beginning of the season I wasn’t very good with runners in scoring position. I think it was because I was trying to do too much and trying to cover the whole plate,” he said. “Right now, it’s more about having a plan and executing it the way I want. Just persist, even if I don’t complete the work.”
Tyler Fitzgerald became the first Giants player to hit in four consecutive games since Brandon Belt did it twice in 2018. Fitzgerald connected on a lofted sinker from Ryan Yarbrough to tie it 2-1 in the seventh.
River Ryan allowed one unearned run in 5 1/3 innings in his major league debut for the Dodgers. The 23-year-old right-hander, acquired from San Diego in a trade in 2022, gave up four hits with three walks and two strikeouts.
“I just tried to stay locked in all day, do my job and give us a chance to win,” said Ryan, who pitched into the sixth inning for the first time in his professional career.
Manager Dave Roberts said Ryan’s next start will likely be with the Dodgers rather than being sent back to the minors.
“I thought things were good. I think there’s more there,” Roberts said. “I found him very efficient. He was attacking. I love that.”
Blake Treinen (4-2) pitched a scoreless eighth and Daniel Hudson made his seventh save.
Teoscar Hernández went deep in the second straight game when he hit a low, infield slider from Giants starter Blake Snell into the left field bleachers to tie it at 1 in the fourth. It was his 21st home run of the season, fifth in the NL.
The right fielder, who won last Monday’s All-Star Home Run Derby, gave the Dodgers a brief lead with an RBI single in the sixth.
“My sequences with him (Hernández) throughout the game were not what I would have liked. Today was his day, so hats off to him. Good hitting,” said Snell, who went six innings and gave up two runs on four hits. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner walked two and struck out four.
The Giants scored first with two outs in the fourth when LaMonte Wade Jr. scored on Will Smith’s pass.
HONOR WILLIE
The Dodgers made a special video tribute to late Hall of Famer Willie Mays before the game. It was the Giants’ first trip to Dodger Stadium since Mays’ death on June 18. Mays’ son, Michael, was in attendance.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Giants: Manager Bob Melvin says LHP Robbie Ray is on track to make his season debut on Wednesday. Ray signed with San Francisco during the offseason after undergoing Tommy John surgery on his left elbow last year. His last game in the major leagues was March 31, 2023.
Dodgers: SS Miguel Rojas was out of the lineup due to tightness in his right forearm.
NEXT
Giants RHP Jordan Hicks (4-6, 3.79 ERA) is 0-5 in his last nine starts. The Dodgers will counter with rookie RHP Landon Knack (1-2, 3.23).
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