The boos cascaded down from the upper deck in Dodger Stadium and seemed to get louder with every step manager Dave Roberts took toward the mound in the ninth inning Wednesday night.
In a scene with a soundtrack that was all too familiar and painful, Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen was jeered in his home stadium after failing to hold a one-run lead in a 4-2 loss to the San Francisco Giants, preventing the Dodgers from gaining a share of first place in the National League West.
A sellout crowd of 52,076 saw Buster Posey lead off the top of the ninth with a pinch-hit single to right-center field and Wilmer Flores crush a two-run homer to left, turning a 2-1 Giants deficit into a 3-2 lead and handing Jansen his second straight blown save and fourth of the season.