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Eric Haase hits two home runs.
Eric Haase hit two home runs, Harrison Bader added another and the SanFrancisco Giants continued their success against the Los Angeles Dodgers this season with a 6-2 road victory on Tuesday.
Adrian Houser (1-4) gave up two runs on three hits and three walks with four strikeouts over 5 2/3 innings to pick up his first win as a member of the Giants, who improved to 4-1 against Los Angeles this season.
Jung Hoo led a two-run double in a three-run seventh inning. Shohei Ohtani hit a home run and had two hits for the Dodgers, while Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-3) gave up a season-high five runs on six hits over 6 1/3 innings.
Los Angeles saw its losing streak extend to four games to match a season high. The Dodgers fell to 4-9 since April 28 in a stretch that includes both of their four-game losing streaks.
The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when they loaded the bases with one out and scored on a Will Smith sacrifice fly to right field after a running catch from Lee.
Houser escaped further damage when he retired Max Muncy on a pop-up. The Giants tied it 1-1 in the third when Haase hit a home run to left-centre, his first in six games this season.
Ohtani rediscovered his power swing in the third inning to give Los Angeles a2-1 lead with a solo shot to left field. It was Ohtani’s first home run in his last 12 games as a hitter and his second in 23 games with a trip to the plate.
San Francisco took the lead for the first time in the fifth inning when Bader hit a two-out home run to left and Haase followed with his second of the night to left-centre.
The Giants put the game away in the seventh inning when Drew Gilbert laid down an RBI bunt single for a 4-2 lead and Lee delivered his two-run double two batters later.
The Dodgers loaded the bases with one out in the eighth before Muncy struck out and Andy Pages flew out.
