Hard-Luck SF Giants Fall to Dodgers in 11th Inning to Enter All-Star Break

Giants’ late-game drama turns to stinging defeat as Dodgers win in 11 innings

The San Francisco Giants got a game-tying, two-run, pinch-hit home run in the ninth from Luis Matos but ultimately lost to the Dodgers 5-2 on Sunday.

Hard-luck SF Giants fall to Dodgers in 11th inning

SAN FRANCISCO – Rafael Devers muscled up and got nothing in the 10th inning. The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to hit the ball hard against Spencer Bivins in the 11th yet broke the game open. That’s how the the Giants will enter the All-Star break, pondering the breaks of baseball after a 5-2, 11-inning loss to the Los Angeles Dodgers at Oracle Park. The Giants (52-45) will have a six-game deficit when play resumes on July 18 in the National League

Hard-luck SF Giants fall to Dodgers in 11th inning to enter All-Star break

SAN FRANCISCO – Rafael Devers muscled up and got nothing in the 10th inning. The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to hit the ball hard against Spencer Bivins in the 11th yet broke the game open. “Baseball can be a cruel game,” Giants manager Bob Melvin said. “It’s just the way baseball is sometimes. Unfortunately, it didn’t go our way.” The Giants enter the All-Star break pondering the wicked nature of their sport after a 5-2, 11-inning loss to the Do…

Freddie Freeman's bloop single in 11th starts winning rally as Dodgers beat Giants 5-2 in extra innings

Freddie Freeman blooped a single into shallow right-center with two outs in the 11th inning to score James Outman for the go-ahead run, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Sunday for a winning series, one day after snapping a season-worst, seven-game losing streak. Spencer Bivens (2-3) intentionally walked Shohei Ohtani to start the 11th...

Bevy of All-Stars to take field as Giants, Dodgers close series

Pitchers Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Robbie Ray will put their All-Star arms on display when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants close the season's first half Sunday afternoon.

Giants head into break believing offense will pick up

SAN FRANCISCO -- Sunday afternoon provided a neat encapsulation of the virtues and flaws that have defined the first half of the Giants’ season. They got another strong pitching performance from All-Star left-hander Robbie Ray, who fired six innings of two-run ball to keep them in the game. They showed