Dodgers win over Giants no walks in the park

LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers walked a tightrope act on Thursday night, walking 10 batters and living to tell about it, surviving a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Logan Webb was back to his usual stingy self after last weekend’s blip. This time he allowed only two runs in the seventh inning. Both runs came in the sixth inning, with a Shohei Ohtani double the key hit. One of the runs was unearned thanks to catcher Patrick Bailey dropping a throw home that would have nailed Ben Rortvedt.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was atypically wild on Thursday, his six walks setting a new personal major league high. That elevated is pitch count, with 47 pitches in the first two frames and 108 total in his 5 1/3 innings. But he also allowed only one hit for the third consecutive start. He’s the only Dodgers pitcher dating back to at least 1912 with three consecutive games of at least five innings and no more than one hit allowed.

He left a scoreless tie, but a runner on second base. Jack Dreyer provided the requisite relief by getting the final two outs of the frame. That preserved another scoreless start for Yamamoto, his ninth in 29 starts this season. But the Dodgers were held scoreless while Yamamoto was in the game for the 11th time this season, keeping with his season-long poor run support.

Naturally the Dodgers runs came after Yamamoto left.

The seventh inning was a literal wild ride, with Michael Kopech and Blake Treinen each walking two batters to force home the Giants’ first run. Kopech since returning from the injured list has walked nine of his 24 batters faced while recording 12 outs. Treinen escaped the inning without further damage thanks to two strikeouts. Treinen after stringing together nine scoreless appearances in a row has a similar wild streak, walking seven of his last 24 batters while recording 14 outs.

Anthony Banda restored order with a perfect eighth, and Alex Vesia finished things off for his fifth save of the season.

In all the Dodgers walked 10 and allowed only one run, just the third time they’ve achieved that combo in franchise history. The other two such games were in extra innings — May 22, 1946 against the Cubs in Brooklyn, and May 17, 1961 against the Braves in Los Angeles. Both of those games ended 2-1 as well.

Home runs: none

WP — Jack Dreyer (3-2): 2/3 IP, 1 strikeout

LP — Logan Webb (14-11): 7 IP, 4 hits, 2 runs (1 earned), 1 walk, 5 strikeouts

Sv — Alex Vesia (5): 1 IP, 2 strikeouts

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