Casey Schmitt's first grand slam lifts Giants past Dodgers
June 14 - Casey Schmitt hit his first career grand slam and the visiting San Francisco Giants earned a 6-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday as the longtime rivals met for the first time this season.
San Francisco right-hander Logan Webb (6-5) gave up two runs on two hits over seven innings as the Giants moved into a tie with the Dodgers atop the National League West. He struck out four and walked three.
Tyler Rogers and Ryan Walker each followed with a hitless inning.
Schmitt had made a costly ninth-inning error in the Giants' Tuesday loss to the Colorado Rockies, San Francisco's lone defeat in the past nine games.
Dodgers right-hander Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-5) struggled with his control, allowing five runs on six hits over 4 2/3 innings with five walks and four strikeouts. Teoscar Hernandez homered and singled for Los Angeles' only two hits.
The first meeting of the season between the teams during the second week of June is the latest it has happened on the schedule since 1999.
The Giants got to Yamamoto early when Willy Adames hit a home run to right-center field as the second batter of the game. After a slow start to the season, Adames has three socked of his eight home runs over the past four games.
The Dodgers got even in the second inning without the aid of a hit. Will Smith walked, went to second on a wild pitch and to third on a Max Muncy groundout. He scored on a shallow fly ball to right from Andy Pages, but only after Giants catcher Andrew Knizner dropped the ball after trying to apply the tag on Smith.
The Giants took charge in the third. Yamamoto loaded the bases on walks to Jung Hoo Lee, Heliot Ramos and Wilmer Flores. With two outs, Schmitt hit his grand slam deep into the seats in left field on a 1-1 splitter, his second home run of the season.
The Dodgers got their first hit off Webb when Hernandez singled in the fourth inning. Their only other hit was Hernandez's home run in the seventh, his 12th on the season.
Knizner hit his first home run of the year in the eighth inning.
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