Dodgers walk off in 9th, cut magic number to 7

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LOS ANGELES — The scene changed but the result remained the same for the San Francisco Giants, who squandered another ninth-inning lead as the Los Angeles Dodgers prevailed Monday night, 2-1, on Adrian Gonzalez’s walk-off double.

The outcome lengthened the Dodgers’ National League West lead over the second-place Giants to six games. San Francisco remained a game behind the Mets and fell into a tie with St. Louis for second place in the Wild Card standings.

The Giants held a 1-0 edge entering the ninth, which Andrew Toles christened for Los Angeles with a pinch-hit single off Derek Law. Facing Javier Lopez, Corey Seager singled Toles to third. In came Hunter Strickland, who yielded Justin Turner’s RBI single.

Gonzalez then decided matters with a drive to deep right field that Hunter Pence couldn’t quite grab.

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