Harrison Bader and Eric Haase homered back-to-back for the tying and go-ahead runs in the fifth inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
Haase tied the game with a solo shot in the third \u2014 his first homer since May 7, 2025. He nearly went deep a third time in the seventh when Andy Pages caught Haase’s long drive at the center field wall. Bader’s two-strike homer was his first since March 30 and tied the game before Haase went deep again for a 3-2 lead.<\/p>\n
It was the first time Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-3) gave up three homers in a game. All three came from the eighth and ninth spots in the Giants’ lineup with two outs.<\/p>\n
Shohei Ohtani homered for the first time since April 26 for the Dodgers.<\/p>\n
San Francisco has won four of five and three in a row for the first time since April 16-18.<\/p>\n
Giants starter Adrian Houser (1-4) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2\/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three in beating the Dodgers for the first time in his career.<\/p>\n
Caleb Kilian earned his second save with 1 1\/3 innings of relief.<\/p>\n
The scuffling Dodgers dropped their fourth in a row and ninth in 13 games while scoring three runs or fewer in 10 of those 13.<\/p>\n
They trailed 6-2 and had the bases loaded in the eighth before Pages flied out to end the threat.<\/p>\n
Yamamoto gave up five runs and six hits in 6 1\/3 innings while striking out eight.<\/p>\n
Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead in the third with his seventh homer. The two-way superstar singled, walked, struck out and grounded out. He scored the Dodgers’ first run on Will Smith’s sacrifice fly in the first.<\/p>\n
Up next<\/p>\n
The Giants’ Robbie Ray (3-4, 2.76 ERA) starts Wednesday against Ohtani (2-2, 0.97).<\/p>\n