Dodgers rally for 7-4 win over Giants, sweep 4 from rivals

LOS ANGELES

Trayce Thompson drove in two operates and thrilled his more mature brother, Klay, with an RBI double in the course of the decisive rally in the seventh although the Los Angeles Dodgers surged previous the San Francisco Giants 7-4 Sunday for their year-higher eighth consecutive victory.

Not likely cleanup hitter Jake Lamb sent a tiebreaking RBI double through that a few-run rally by the NL-leading Dodgers, who have 15 victories in 16 games overall. Los Angeles swept a four-activity collection with the Giants at Chavez Ravine for the first time because 1995 and only the third time in the archrivals’ long background.

Gavin Lux also drove in two runs as Los Angeles’ offense overcame a mediocre start out by Clayton Kershaw to make the club’s 11th consecutive victory at Dodger Stadium. Soon after Lux’s RBI solitary drove in Lamb in the seventh, Trayce Thompson’s drive to the appropriate-center gap scored Max Muncy and pumped up Klay Thompson, the Golden Point out Warriors star, in his seat proper powering the Giants’ dugout.

Freddie Freeman, Lux and Thompson had early RBI singles for LA, and Muncy extra a operate-scoring double. Evan Phillips (5-3) pitched the seventh for the Dodgers, who got 4 2/3 innings of scoreless, two-strike relief culminating in Craig Kimbrel’s 17th conserve.

Darin Ruf hit a tying two-operate homer in the fifth and Thairo Estrada experienced a two-run solitary for the Giants, who got swept at Chavez Ravine by a merged 25-13.

Alex Cobb yielded 8 hits and four runs while pitching into the sixth for San Francisco. He is winless in 9 starts given that May perhaps 17.

Journeyman backup Lamb doubled 2 times whilst batting cleanup for LA for the 1st time, and he arrived through in opposition to Tyler Rogers in the seventh.

Following Freeman received a 1-out double off Dominic Leone (3-3) when Yermín Mercedes couldn’t make a tricky capture on his tailing fly ball, Lamb’s travel to proper bounced into the quick porch.

Kershaw yielded five hits and four operates whilst failing to get as a result of the fifth inning for the Dodgers in his to start with overall look because throwing a scoreless inning in his initial job All-Star Game get started at dwelling last Tuesday.

The 9-time All-Star collection took a perfect video game into the eighth inning of his earlier start off in Anaheim last weekend, but Ruf’s two-run shot chased him soon after 94 pitches and six strikeouts. Kershaw dropped to a person knee even though the homer soared toward LA’s bullpen, lamenting his hung slider.

Just after Mookie Betts singled on Cobb’s to start with pitch, Trea Turner prolonged his hitting streak to 11 games and Freeman stretched his streak to 12 video games with two additional singles to rating Betts. The Dodgers received four consecutive two-out hits in a three-operate rally in the 3rd.

BROS Staying BROS

Klay Thompson cheered wildly for his brother and the Dodgers all through the activity in spite of his proximity to his fellow Bay Location professional athletes. The 4-time NBA winner also chugged a beer for his Instagram followers all through the sixth inning. The sons of Lakers broadcaster Mychal Thompson grew up in Orange County.

TRAINER’S Place

Giants: 3B Evan Longoria went on the hurt list for the 3rd time this season. The 36-year-old veteran strained his ideal hamstring when operating out a grounder Saturday. He will have an MRI examination Monday. David Villar started off at 3rd foundation and went for 4.

Dodgers: Andrew Heaney is probably to return to the rotation Wednesday against Washington, supervisor Dave Roberts stated. In his to start with time with the Dodgers, the longtime Angels remaining-hander has appeared in only a few online games — just one particular considering that April 17 — owing to shoulder woes. Roberts is going quickly to a 6-guy rotation throughout a extend of 18 consecutive days with game titles.

UP Upcoming

Giants: Jakob Junis (4-1, 3.06 Period) requires the mound in Arizona on Monday for the opener of a three-activity collection.

Dodgers: Tony Gonsolin (11-, 2.02) returns from his All-Star Recreation reduction on the Dodger Stadium mound Monday to open a 3-match series versus the Nationals and All-Star outfielder Juan Soto, who was serenaded with chants of “Future Dodger!” through the Midsummer Classic.

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