The San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night in Los Angeles, getting back-to-back home runs from Harrison Bader and Eric Haase in the fifth inning to turn a tight game into a road win. Haase had already tied it in the third with a solo shot, and all three Giants home runs came from the eighth and ninth spots in the lineup with two outs.
Haase’s third-inning homer was his first since May 7, 2025. Bader followed with a two-strike drive, his first since March 30, and the pair gave San Francisco the kind of production it had not been getting from the bottom of the order. Shohei Ohtani had put Los Angeles ahead 2-1 in the third with his seventh homer and later singled, walked, struck out and grounded out. He also scored the Dodgers’ first run on Will Smith’s sacrifice fly in the first inning.
Adrian Houser gave the Giants exactly what they needed to stay close long enough for the late power to matter. He allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings, struck out four and walked three, and earned his first career win over the Dodgers. Caleb Kilian finished it off with 1 1/3 innings for his second save. Yoshinobu Yamamoto took the loss after giving up five runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings, though he also struck out eight.
The result kept San Francisco moving in the right direction. The Giants have won four of five and three in a row for the first time since April 16-18. Los Angeles, by contrast, dropped its fourth straight game and ninth in 13, and it has scored three runs or fewer in 10 of its last 13 games. Ohtani’s homer was his first since April 26, but it was not enough to stop the slide.
The teams are back at it Wednesday, when Robbie Ray is scheduled to start for San Francisco against Ohtani. For the Giants, this was the kind of night that can change the tone of a series: a starter who kept the game alive, two reserves who delivered the power, and a division rival left trying to stop the bleeding.
