00:01No World Series MVP Oshinobu Yamamoto faces the Giants for the second time in
00:06the last month. The first inning has been an issue for him. It was against San
00:10Francisco and he faced them last month. Again against Houston last week. To away
00:14for Casey Schmidt who starts at third base today. On an 0-2. He swings and
00:18misses. Yamamoto finishes a 1-2-3 first. Just with the doctor ordered right there.
00:24It's Adrian Hauser who signed a two-year contract with the Giants and threw seven
00:28starts 0-4 with an ERA north of six. Can the Dodger offense get right against him?
00:34There would be no faster path to that than Shohei Otani figuring things out
00:38himself. Ground ball base hit. Not what he's looking for in terms of the
00:43direction of that batted ball. Ground ball to the pole side but he'll take the
00:46result getting his first hit of this series. The Dodgers have faced Adrian
00:50Hauser here in LA three times and scored 17 runs and 11 innings against him.
00:55Freeman lines the ball to right field and a base hit. And so both lefties at the top
01:00of the order have collected singles in this first inning. Another one of those
01:04left-handed hitters comes up here. Kyle Tucker who quietly started to climb out of
01:08his early season slump. Now he gets hit. Doesn't feel very good but it's a gift on
01:13a 1-2 pitch. Dodgers have the bases loaded. Now Dodgers had their chances in these
01:17situations last night. Couldn't take full advantage and on this young season they
01:21rank 28th in the majors with the bases loaded hitting just 200. Bases loaded
01:26one out in the first no score.
01:28Take the right field. Lee goes back. He's still going and makes the catch.
01:33Jung-Hoo Lee takes extra bases away from Will Smith but it's plenty deep enough to
01:37score Otani and the Dodgers are on the board first. Smith drives in Otani. Dodgers
01:43one Giants nothing. First and second two out and Max Muncy at the play.
01:46Swing and it's a bloop over the third backing up onto the shallow outfield
01:50grass near the foul line. Schmidt makes the catch in and over.
01:53Now the Giants into the second inning trailing one to nothing and Rafi
01:57Devers will lead off here against Yamamoto. Eighth pitch to Devers another 3-2 from Yamamoto.
02:04Strike three call. Throws him with a fastball at 98. Two away. Now the shortstop Willie Adamas.
02:11A half-hearted swing flips a lazy fly ball into center field for Andy Pajas and Yamamoto's retired the first
02:17six.
02:17Pajas Teoscar Hernandez and Hesong Kim. First three due up this inning. Swing. You're going to miss.
02:24So after falling behind 3-0 Houser gets his first strike up to the eight hole and Teoscar Hernandez
02:31strike three called. That was the sinker and I guess he was just totally convinced it was going
02:38to be something else. Now here is Hesong Kim and he struck him out. He strikes out the side.
02:44All back-to-back K's eight up and eight down. The Giants got their work cut out tonight. Yamamoto's
02:50dialed in. Last of the order Eric Haas. High drive into deep left center field way back there.
02:57Goodbye. Eric Haas has launched a home run into left center field past the 375 marker
03:05to shock this crowd and maybe Yamamoto himself. He has tied the game his first home run as a Giant.
03:15That's one way to break up a perfect game bid.
03:18Shohei Ohtani leads off the bottom of the third.
03:21For whatever it's worth he's way more balanced tonight than he was last night. He was falling all over the
03:25place.
03:25He was falling the Giants dugout every swing on the first base side. He looks dangerous tonight to me.
03:30Ohtani drills one left field. This ball's hit deep and it is gone. He looks to the sky rounding first
03:38base as if to say finally.
03:42Shohei Ohtani and the Dodgers hope that is a slump busting swing. It is a tie breaking one for sure.
03:492-1 LA.
03:50This is the second home run the last 27 games. Dodgers 2 and San Francisco 1.
03:57Yoshinobu Yamamoto facing Adamas Eldridge and Bader here in the top of the fifth.
04:021-2 to Adamas again and a high fastball gets him swinging.
04:06Well the fastball has been a great weapon for him especially against the Giants.
04:10In his first start against them they were 0 for 6 with 3 Ks against the fastball tonight.
04:15Now 0 for 6 with 3 Ks also.
04:18Two outs bases clear. Harrison Bader is the batter.
04:21He's one of Yamamoto's six strikeouts tonight.
04:24There's a shot down the left field line into the corner way back there.
04:29Good bye.
04:30Harrison Bader has tied the game.
04:32And he hit a laser beam down the left field line.
04:35It's 2 to 2.
04:37Two solo home runs out of the eight and nine spots tonight for the Giants.
04:42And once again the game is tied.
04:45Now here is Haas who hit one in the third inning.
04:48He swings and he hammers one.
04:49High and deep left center on its way.
04:54Adios Pelota.
04:56Two pitches in a row have been launched out of Dodgers Stadium by Bader the eighth place hitter.
05:05And Haas the backup catcher hitting ninth in the order.
05:10And the Giants are ahead for the first time tonight.
05:13Three to two.
05:15How about that?
05:16The secret weapon in the nine hole tonight for the Giants is Eric Haas.
05:20Who saw that one coming?
05:21All of the hits and activity for the Giants have come with two outs tonight.
05:26Two outs in the third home run.
05:27Two outs in the fourth.
05:28The base hit.
05:29He worked around it.
05:30Two outs in the fifth.
05:30The aforementioned back to back blast.
05:32Two outs now in the sixth.
05:34Yamamoto against Rafael Devers.
05:36Fastball gets Devers to finish off a 1-2-3-6.
05:40The 8Ks for Yamamoto.
05:41See if that offense can wake up to help him out.
05:44And looks like visit right here for Hauser.
05:47And the bullpen continues to get loose as Will Smith gets ready to bat.
05:51Swing and there's a high pop up.
05:53Shallow center field.
05:54Out goes Rice.
05:55A rice.
05:56He's calling for it.
05:57But now Bader comes in.
05:58Look out.
06:00And a rice does make the catch.
06:02And Bader just avoids.
06:04Just barely.
06:06That's going to do it for Hauser.
06:07They're going to bring the lefty gauge on for Max Muncy.
06:10And so Adrian Hauser came into the game with an ERA above six.
06:14He's looking for his first win in a Giants uniform.
06:17And against a Dodger team that has tormented him throughout his career.
06:20Five and two thirds.
06:22Just the two runs.
06:24Bullpen takes over here in the six.
06:26Matt Gage went one and two thirds.
06:28Did not give up a base runner.
06:29Threw 21 pitches.
06:31This is going to be his fourth outing in five days.
06:34And again coming off of those 21 pitches.
06:36Fourth outing in five days.
06:38National League High 21st appearance this year.
06:413-2 pitch.
06:42Swing and a miss.
06:43He struck him out with a slider.
06:44And he got him to chase that time.
06:46Which you don't often see from Max Muncy.
06:49And it's a two strike leadoff double for Ramos.
06:53Now Willie Adamas.
06:55Base hit left field.
06:56He hit it hard.
06:57And probably too hard.
06:59Because this will put runners at the corners.
07:02That's going to be all for Yamamoto.
07:03Six and a third innings for the Dodgers starter.
07:05He's going to exit on the hook for a loss.
07:08He's still on the hook for the two Giants on base.
07:11One out in the seventh.
07:12Bullpen will go to work.
07:13Blake trying to comes in.
07:14And here it's runners on first and third.
07:16Will face a pinch hitter.
07:17Drew Gilbert.
07:18Left handed hitting outfield.
07:19And bumps it up the first base side.
07:21Breaking for the plate.
07:22And the ball is bobbled by Freddie Freeman.
07:25The safety squeeze indeed is what it was.
07:28Now he popped the ball up a little bit.
07:31But then it died nicely.
07:34And it didn't get very high off the ground.
07:37But Freeman came in with the all or nothing barehanded grab attempt.
07:41The runners hold at first and second.
07:44Now two outs in the seventh.
07:46Still 4-2.
07:47Lineup turns over for Jung-Hoo Lee.
07:50There's a drive towards the gap.
07:52Is anybody there?
07:53It's up against the wall on a bounce.
07:57One run scores.
07:59Two runs score.
08:01And the Giants have added on big time here in the seventh.
08:05Jung-Hoo Lee 0 for 3.
08:06And he smokes a double in the right center field gap.
08:09And they're playing some good baseball folks.
08:11Bottom of the seventh.
08:12The Dodgers trailing 6-2.
08:14Two outs.
08:15A runner aboard.
08:17Shohei Ohtani the batter.
08:18He's reached all three times tonight.
08:20And again Hentges.
08:22Throwing.
08:23He struck him out swinging.
08:25Back with the slider.
08:26And that one was not up.
08:28It came in about knee high and ended up down around his ankles.
08:32First time that Ohtani has been retired tonight.
08:35We go to the eighth inning.
08:36Ball four.
08:37Or even a board.
08:38A one out walk in the eighth.
08:39Kyle Tucker's turn.
08:41He's 0 for 1.
08:41A walk.
08:42And he was hit by a pitch.
08:44There is a shot to right field.
08:46Headed for the corner.
08:47It'll scoot by Lee.
08:48And make its way to the wall.
08:50Freeman stopped at third on the double from Tucker.
08:53Second and third one away.
08:55Smith takes back four.
08:57Bases are loaded and the tying run is coming up.
09:00Freeman, Tucker, and Smith on the bases.
09:03One out in the eighth.
09:04The Dodgers down 6 to 2.
09:06Max Muncy is the tying run at the plate.
09:08He has homered in back to back games entering the night.
09:12Strike three called on the outside corner.
09:14Fastball that froze him.
09:16It was the only fastball that he saw.
09:18Tony Baitello comes out.
09:19He'll make another pitching change.
09:21Two outs bottom of the eighth.
09:22They're still loaded for the Dodgers.
09:24With the bases loaded.
09:25Here is Killian Topajes.
09:29Right-hander against right-hander.
09:30Here's the pitch.
09:32There's a drive in the left field toward the line.
09:34On the move to his right.
09:35Elliot Ramos.
09:36And he runs it down.
09:37And the inning is over.
09:39Whew.
09:40It's an out and the Giants escape.
09:42Base is empty.
09:43Two gone.
09:44Shohei Ohtani is the last hope for the Dodgers.
09:48The 2-1 pitch.
09:49Swing and the ground ball.
09:51Diving into right field.
09:52It is a rise.
09:53He's got it.
09:54And from his knees he throws out Ohtani at first.
09:58And the game is over.
10:00And it ends on a gold glove caliber play by Luis Araiz.
10:05Wow.
10:06The Giants take game two by a final of 6-2.
10:09And they have now beaten the Dodgers four out of five here to start 2026.
