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- Updated: August 24, 2016
LOS ANGELES — Recent trends in the National League West continued Tuesday night, as the streaking Dodgers beat the slumping Giants in the opener of their showdown three-game series at Dodger Stadium, 9-5, extending L.A.’s division lead to two games.
Rookies Andrew Toles (three RBIs) and Rob Segedin homered for the second consecutive game, while Adrian Gonzalez also drove in three runs — two on a tiebreaking, bases-loaded single in the fifth inning off losing pitcher Madison Bumgarner (12-8), who allowed a season-high five earned runs in five innings.
“It was a big team offensive effort,” said Gonzalez. “We just had good at-bats throughout the middle of the lineup tonight. We struggled early in the year, but now we’re doing our part.”
Toles, who came off the bench with a double before the home run, is 6-for-11 since July 31 after sitting out all last year. Segedin, called up Aug. 7, has 12 RBIs in 15 games.
Winning pitcher Kenta Maeda let two leads get away, but ended the fourth and fifth innings by striking out Bumgarner and Hunter Pence with runners in scoring position.
“For him to punch out Pence in the fifth, that was a fun sequence,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “That was a spot right there, I wanted him to get Pence. I felt that was his hitter.”
Maeda (13-7) is 6-1 in his last eight starts and 7-2 against the NL West, although Roberts said his starter still needs to put hitters away more efficiently to pitch deeper into games. The Giants have lost Bumgarner’s last five road starts. Despite allowing a homer to Denard Span, Kenley Jansen came on for his fifth four-out save this year, his 36th overall and first since Aug. 13.
“Kenley’s been our most rested reliever,” said Roberts. “We’ve used Joe [Blanton, who retired all five batters he faced before Jansen relieved] a lot. As well as Joe has been throwing the baseball, I want him available tomorrow and maybe the next day.”
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