Alex Call's Clutch Pinch Hit Leads Dodgers to Win in Series Finale

CHAVEZ RAVINE – – The Dodgers spent the fifth and sixth innings trying to shake off the kind of weird baseball that can make a homestand feel cursed. By the end of the frame, though, they had turned their misfortune into a 5-2 win over the Giants, a second straight victory after a rough four-game losing streak, and a much better trip out of town than the one they looked headed for earlier in the week.

Alex Call's Clutch Pinch Hit Leads Dodgers to Win in Series Finale. CHAVEZ RAVINE – – The Dodgers spent the fifth and sixth innings trying to shake off the kind of weird baseball that can make a homestand feel cursed. By the end of the frame, though, they had turned their misfortune into a 5-2 win over the Giants, a second straight victory after a rough four-game losing streak, and a much better trip out of town than the one they looked headed for earlier in the week. Emmet Sheehan gave the Dodgers six strong innings, allowed only two hits, struck out six, and held the Giants to two runs in a game where his slider looked like a real weapon. The final line says two earned runs, but that hardly tells the story. Sheehan was in control most of the night, and San Francisco’s only damage came on one of the stranger plays Dodger Stadium has seen...