Giants 8-7 Dodgers (Jul 11, 2025) Game Recap

The San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 8-7 on Friday night, handing the Dodgers their seventh consecutive loss. The Giants moved within four games of the first-place Dodgers in the NL West, with key contributions from Willy Adames, who homered in the second inning and hit a two-run triple during the team's five-run fifth inning.

San Francisco took the lead in the fourth inning when Jung Hoo Lee hit a two-run triple off Dodgers pitcher Dustin May. In the fifth, Dominic Smith homered to lead off, and Lee added an infield single to drive in another run. For the Dodgers, Shohei Ohtani hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the third inning, his 32nd of the season, which traveled 410 feet into McCovey Cove.

Giants starter Logan Webb allowed six runs and six hits over 5 1/3 innings, striking out six, but was chased in the sixth after giving up a two-run homer to Michael Conforto. Closer Camilo Doval secured his 15th save by inducing a game-ending double play from Will Smith after allowing a single to Mookie Betts and a walk to Freddie Freeman.

Dustin May took the loss for the Dodgers, surrendering seven earned runs on five hits in 4 2/3 innings. This losing streak is the Dodgers' worst since September 2017, when they dropped 11 in a row.

In a key play, Jung Hoo Lee was called out at home in the fifth inning on a fly ball by Casey Schmitt and a throw from left fielder Michael Conforto; the call was upheld after a Giants challenge. Ohtani's home run was the 65th by an opponent to land in the water at Oracle Park, part of 171 total such homers in the ballpark's history.