Dodges romp past Giants in first game of doubleheader

Evan Longoria and Brandon Crawford each homered and Gorkys Hernandez scored the go-ahead run on a balk as the Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Friday night. Pablo Sandoval was San Francisco’s top performing pitcher and Alen Hanson was its most productive hitter. Joc Pederson had four hits and drove in four runs, and Cody Bellinger had three hits and three RBIs as Los Angeles ended a three-game losing streak. The 27-year-old crashed into a wall chasing a foul ball on Tuesday and reported lightheadedness during pregame workouts the next day.

Nevertheless, Law ignited a rally by leading against Pedro Baez with a one-out ground ball single up the middle for his first big league hit.

Walker Buehler (1-0) allowed two runs and struck out six over five innings.

BC-BBN-Dodgers-Giants, 3rd Ld-Writethru, 844Jackson, Cueto help Giants split doubleheaderAP Photo FXPB120, FXPB121, FXPB108, FXPB109, FXPB110, CABM112, CABM111, CABM108, CABM107Eds: Dodgers 15, Giants 6, 1st game; Giants 8, Dodgers 3, 2nd game.

The right-hander entered Saturday’s contest with a 2.32 ERA through five starts, but surrendered four first-inning walks in a 45-pitch frame.

SAN FRANCISCO-With a doubleheader on the calendar, the Giants began Saturday thinking their pitching staff would need to record at least 54 outs.

Don’t look for Sandoval to be pull double duty in Game 2; the Giants should have enough relievers to cover the late innings. Derek Holland had a rough outing as he allowed four ERs on four hits and four walks in 3.1 innings of work. Despite their defensive struggles, the Giants were able to come back after a tough loss to win the second game of the day.

The era of good feeling is upon the Giants.

The Giants got nine hits and strung four of them together in the fifth to erase a two-run deficit. They continue to hit home runs, likely at an unsustainable pace. The bullpen has logged an ERA of 3.93, along with a WHIP of 1.13 and a K/9 of 10.38.

It took him two pitches to get Max Muncy to bounce out to second, and then Sandoval started dealing (and the Internet, thank goodness, started gif-making). Ty Blach will start the finale and is 1-3 with a 4.31 ERA and 16 strikeouts this season.