The Los Angeles Dodgers were trending toward a 12th consecutive loss before Chase Utley and Clayton Kershaw provided a spark in the fourth inning that led to a gut-wrenching 5-3 win over the San Francisco Giants. The victory snapped what was the longest losing streak in Los Angeles franchise history.
Johnny Cueto navigated a high pitch count and plenty of traffic through three innings, as he stranded seven baserunners up to that point. Included in that was striking out Yasmani Grandal to leave the bases loaded in the third.
Utley’s leadoff home run in the fourth inning pulled the Dodgers even with the Giants.