Live Blogging With Eddie Rivera| Same As It Ever Was, Dodgers Lose to Giants, 5-0

It could have been a lot worse on so many levels. The Giants methodically beat the Dodgers Thursday afternoon with a convincing victory, 5-0.

The Giants struck early, scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Despite the final score, the Giants had a number of additional opportunities to score, but stranded runners often. The Giants achieved the 5-0 victory with perfectly timed hitting throughout the game.

Johnny Cueto, a known Dodger killer, earned the win, to go 7-5 this season.

All star and former Cy Young Award winner David Price lasted only four innings for reliever Phil Bickford, who pitched himself into and out of a jam, walking Crawford and Solano, to get to Casali, who he struck out with the bases loaded.

The Dodgers end up three games back of the Giants, as they began the series on Tuesday.

Here’s how we blogged it:

SAN FRANCISCO—The Dodgers rocked the Giants last night, 8-0, with an elegant performance from Walker Buehler and hits from up and down the batting order.

Today’s afternoon game features David Price on the mound, against Giants hurler Johnny Cueto.

The Dodgers are currently two games behind the Giants, who they have beaten in nine of their last 11 games.

Game time is 12:45 pm.

FIRST INNING
TOP

Chris Taylor is 2-1. He flies out to left.

Max Muncy is 2-2. He is very out.

Justin Turner grounds out to first.

Dodgers 0, Gigabytes coming up.

Bottom

Slater flies out to left field. All of it.

Wilmer Flores is at 3-1. He walks all the way to first.

Mike Yazstremski is at 1-1. He walks as well. Price is consulting his baseball muse.

Price needs a GPS. Darrin Ruf Is at 1-2. 2-2. Done.

Donovan Solano Is at 2-1. 3-1. Price has now loaded the bases with walks. Chat show on the mound.

Brandon Crawford doubles to left. Yaz and Flores come home.

Thairo Estrada is at 0-2. He grounds out to first.

Dodgers 0, Giants 2.

SECOND INNING
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Bellinger is out at first.

Pollock singles to center.

Albert Pujols is at 3-0. He hits into a double play.

Dodgers 0, Giants 2.

BOTTOM

Chris Cafali flies out to left.

Johnny Cueto reaches first on an error.

Slater singles, and Cueto gets all thrown out at first.

Flores doubles, scoring Slater from first.

Yazstremski is at 1-2. Gone.

Dodgers 0, Giants 3.

THIRD INNING
TOP

McKinney strikes out

Barnes singles to first, goes to second.

Price is out at first.

And so is Taylor.

Bottom
Giants go Sssh.

Dodgers 0, Giants 3.

FOURTH INNING
TOP

Dodgers go sssh.

BOTTOM

Taylor bobbles a hit by Estrada.

Casali flies out, way out, to right

Cueto sacrifices to move Estrada over there to the other base.

Slater drives in Estrada.

Flores flies out.

Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

FIFTH INNING
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Pollock singles.

Pujols flies out.

McKinney loses the race to first, but not by much.

Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

BOTTOM

Yazstremski be out at first. David Price is very done.

Ruf (no relation) waits for the new pitcher, Phil Bickford, and then, right on cue, triples to center field.

Solano is at 2-1. Gone.

Bickford intentionally walks Solano and Crawford to get to Casali. He strikes out Casali.

Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

SIXTH INNING
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Barnes is out at first.

Beaty, batting in the pitcher position, walks.

Taylor singles and Beaty is so out at second.

Muncy singles to short left, and Taylor scampers to second.

Turner be at 1-1. 1-2. 2-2. 3-2. Cueto jogs him to first. Bases are loaded. Chat show. Cueto is done.

Jarlin Garcia, cool as cerviche, dispatches Bellinger to end the inning.

BOTTOM

Alex Vesta is pitching

Giants go Shhh

SEVENTH INNING
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The Dodgers go Sssh!

Dodgers 0, Giants 4.

Everyone is singing the same song together at the same time.

Bottom

Ruf is out at first.

Solano singles to center.

Crawford is at 1-2. He walks back to the dugout.

Wade doubles home Solano.

Casali is at 3-0. He gets walked intentionally.

Duggar (no relation) strikes out,and Wade gets cut down trying to get to third.

Dodgers 0, Giants 5

EIGHTH INNING
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Tyler Rogers on the mound.

Austin Barnes gone.

Matt Beaty gone.

Taylor is at 2-2. He strikes out. He might still be standing there.

Dodgers 0, Giants 5.

Bottom

Brusdar Graterol on the mound for the Doyers.

Duggar is out at first.

Slater gets strickened out.

Flores singles to short right.

Yazstremski flies out.

Dodgers 0, Giants 5.

NINTH INNING
TOP

Muncy out at first.

Turner is at 2-2. 3-2. He flies out to center field.

Bellinger is at 1-2. That’s that.

FINAL Dodgers 0, Giants 5.