Dodgers overcome inside-the-park homer to salvage series split with Giants

LOS ANGELES — Baby steps. The offense is still not firing on all cylinders and their defense – one player, in particular – was costly. But the Dodgers did enough things right to beat the San Francisco Giants, 5-2, on Thursday night, splitting their four-game series by winning back-to-back games for the first time in a week.

Dodgers overcome inside-the-park homer to salvage series split with Giants. LOS ANGELES — Baby steps. The offense is still not firing on all cylinders and their defense – one player, in particular – was costly. But the Dodgers did enough things right to beat the San Francisco Giants, 5-2, on Thursday night, splitting their four-game series by winning back-to-back games for the first time in a week. Emmet Sheehan was cruising along in the fifth inning, having allowed just one hit – a bloop single – in the first four. With a runner on and two outs, Jung Hoo Lee sliced a soft line drive just inside the left-field line. Teoscar Hernandez did not play it aggressively, acting as if he expected it to bounce into the stands for a ground-rule double. It did not. It bounced past Hernandez and rolled toward the left-field corner. Lee circled the bas...