LOS ANGELES -- The plot does not unfold on the marquee. A matchup such as Madison Bumgarner vs. Clayton Kershaw, however luminous, always will be about more than two left-handed aces.
Someone such as the Dodgers' Kiké Hernandez can come along and steal the scene. Or a defensive infield can turn an inning into a projector-room fire, as it happened in the Giants' 7-3 loss Friday night at Dodger Stadium.Hernandez took his robust career numbers against Bumgarner and amplified them, swatting two solo home runs a combined 900 feet, then adding a two-run double amid a four-run fourth inning in which the Giants infield melted faster than celluloid.