Major League Baseball
LA Dodgers 3, San Francisco 2
When: 4:05 PM ET, Saturday, April 9, 2016
Where: AT&T Park, San Francisco, California
Temperature: 60°
Umpires: Home - Brian O'Nora, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - John Tumpane, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 41224

SAN FRANCISCO -- With 11 players on the disabled list and a 12th late getting to the park after a promotion from the minors, Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts had limited options available while trying to help his team mount a late comeback on Saturday.

Turns out, that was a break.

Roberts had to keep starting shortstop Charlie Culberson in left field when he ran out of healthy outfielders, and the utilityman delivered a double that scored Corey Seager with the winning run in the 10th inning to give the Dodgers a 3-2 victory over the San Francisco Giants.

The second consecutive extra-inning affair between the National League West rivals didn't have the dramatics of Friday's no-hit bid by Los Angeles rookie Ross Stripling, but it ended better for the Dodgers, who won in San Francisco for only the third time in their last 13 visits.

"Big win for us," Roberts said less than 24 hours after having been ejected from Friday's 10-inning loss to the Giants. "For us to have a couple taken from us late, then get one for ourselves late ... this gives us a chance to get even (Sunday)."

After the Dodgers scored in the ninth to tie the score 2-2 and force extra innings, Seager lined a one-out double against the sixth Giants pitcher, right-hander George Kontos (0-1), to trigger the winning uprising in the 10th.

Culberson, who had been 0-for-2 in the Dodgers' first five games, followed with his second double of the game, scoring Seager with the difference-making run.

"Very happy for him," Roberts said of Culberson, who made the Dodgers' Opening Day roster in spring training in part because of all the injuries.

"Charlie is here for all the right reasons. He worked hard in the spring. That was one of my great joys -- telling him he made the team."

Closer Kenley Jansen, the 16th player used in the game by Roberts, pitched a 1-2-3 bottom of the 10th to get his second save.

"Six days in," Roberts said of his first week as a major league manager. "I've checked a lot of boxes already. My lineup card is a mess. But we got a win, which was great."

Chris Hatcher (1-0), who pitched a scoreless ninth in relief of Clayton Kershaw, picked up the win.

After a 41-minute delay, the game began as a pitchers' duel between left-handed aces Kershaw and Madison Bumgarner of the Giants, one it appeared Bumgarner was going to win before the Dodgers rallied to tie in the ninth.

Neither starter got a decision in a game that also ended in the rain.

The Dodgers extended the wet game in the ninth, scoring to make it 2-2 thanks to a fielding gaffe by second baseman Kelby Tomlinson.

Los Angeles, trailing 2-1, loaded the bases with one out against Giants closer Santiago Casilla on a walk, Yasiel Puig's single and a hit batsman.

Chase Utley, one of five position-player replacements Roberts made in the game, scored the tying run when Tomlinson bobbled Adrian Gonzalez's potential game-ending double play grounder.

The Giants got only one out at first base on the play as the tying run scored.

"You look at the inning," Giants manager Bruce Bochy noted, trying to take the heat off Tomlinson. "A walk (and) a hit batsman didn't help out. ... In a game like that, you're hoping you have the lead with your closer out there. Just didn't work out today.

"Great game. They did a good job of battling back and give them credit for it. We did it the first two games. It's been a great series, exciting games. This was one that got away from us today."

While they were in the game, Bumgarner continued his recent dominance of Kershaw, both on the mound and at the plate, hitting and pitching the Giants into their late lead.

Giants shortstop Ehire Adrianza broke a 1-1 tie with a home run in the fifth, providing the one-run difference before Los Angeles rallied in the ninth.

Bumgarner limited the Dodgers to one run and six hits in six innings and also got to Kershaw for a home run that provided the first run of the game in the bottom of the second.

Bumgarner walked one and struck out eight.

"They've got a good team over there," Bumgarner said. "Every day you go out there, it's not going to be easy for you, so you have to battle, and that's what we did.

"Would have sure been nice to pull that one out, but that's the way it goes."

Kershaw went eight innings, allowing two runs and four hits. He walked one and struck out five.

"Awesome," Kershaw said of the win. "Anytime you can come back off a closer, as good as he is ...… it was awesome.”

The matchup of All-Stars was the fifth in the last two seasons. The Giants won three of the four last season.

The high-profile duo is scheduled for a rematch Friday in Los Angeles.

Bumgarner's home run was his second off Kershaw and the 12th of his career, tying him with the Baltimore Orioles' Yovani Gallardo for the most among active pitchers.

No other player has hit more than one homer off Kershaw since the start of the 2015 season.

The run snapped a 22 1/3-inning scoreless streak during the regular season for Kershaw, dating to October.

"Any time you give up a home run to a pitcher, it doesn"t feel good," said Kershaw, who was seen yucking it up with his rival as Bumgarner was receiving his Silver Slugger award Friday night.

"The pitcher is supposed to be the easiest hitter."

Kershaw struck out Bumgarner in his next at-bat, but Adrianza, making his first start of the season in place of Friday's hero, Brandon Crawford, belted the next pitch just inside the foul pole to give the Giants the lead.

The home run was Adrianza's first of the season and second of his four-year major-league career.

The Dodgers' run against Bumgarner came in the third, when Scott Van Slyke was brushed on the left elbow with a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in Enrique Hernandez, who opened the inning with a single.

Van Slyke left the game immediately after getting hit, complaining of back pain.

NOTES: X-rays taken on Scott Van Slyke's back were negative and the injury is not considered serious. ... Before the game, the Dodgers placed LF Carl Crawford (sore back) on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to Friday. Crawford became the 11th Dodger to go on the disabled this season. The Giants have had none. ... INF Micah Johnson was promoted from Triple-A Oklahoma City to take Crawford's spot on the roster. Johnson’s flight from the Midwest was delayed Saturday, and he didn't show up at AT&T Park until the seventh inning. He nonetheless got into the game and went 0-for-2. ... The Giants have hit at least one home run in each of their first six games, which equals a record set in 1948 and tied in 2000. ... There have been only five rainouts in the history of AT&T Park, which was built in 2000. ... The Giants made 1B Brandon Belt's contract extension official Saturday. He got his 2016 deal, originally set for $6.2 million, torn up as part of the new contract, which runs through the 2021 season. No financial terms were announced.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   San Francisco
Clayton Kershaw Player Madison Bumgarner
No Decision W/L No Decision
8.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 8
4 Hits 6
2.25 ERA 1.50
Hitting
LA Dodgers   San Francisco
Enrique Hernandez Player Buster Posey
2 Hits 2
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
3 TB 2
.667 Avg .500
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 10 0 16 .244 32 11 3 3 0 0
San Francisco 5 2 11 .143 8 9 2 2 1 1