Rafael Devers contributed two hits, two RBIs, and three runs as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Monday night, spoiling Mookie Betts’ return to the lineup.
Betts, who missed five weeks with a strained right oblique, went 1-for-5 with a strikeout as the Dodgers lost their third straight game.
The game was tied 3-3 in the sixth inning after Max Muncy’s solo home run, his 11th of the season. The Giants then broke the deadlock in the seventh inning against Dodgers reliever Alex Vesia (1-1). Devers gave San Francisco the lead with a bases-loaded walk, and Willy Adames added a two-out, two-RBI single to right field.
San Francisco, which has now won three of four meetings against the Dodgers this season, sealed the victory with a three-run ninth inning that featured Adames’ third RBI on a single and another bases-loaded walk, drawn by Matt Chapman.
Matt Gage (3-1) earned the win after relieving starter Trevor McDonald in the sixth inning and retiring all five batters he faced.
Devers opened the scoring with his fifth home run of the season, a leadoff shot in the second inning off Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki. Heliot Ramos extended the Giants’ lead to 3-2 in the sixth with a two-RBI double.
The Dodgers had tied the game in the fourth inning on an RBI single by Muncy and a bases-loaded double-play grounder.
McDonald allowed three runs and nine hits in 5 1/3 innings, walking two and striking out four. Sasaki was pulled after five-plus innings, charged with three runs on six hits, with one walk and five strikeouts.
Ramos, Adames, Luis Arraez, and Casey Schmitt joined Devers with two hits apiece for San Francisco. Schmitt scored three times. For the Dodgers, Muncy, Freddie Freeman, Will Smith, and Teoscar Hernandez each collected two hits, with Muncy finishing with two RBIs.
