The Giants are looking to finish the unofficial first half of the season on a high note as Robbie Ray takes on Yoshinobu Yamamoto. San Francisco won Friday night’s series opener, staving off a comeback attempt by the Dodgers, then lost Saturday as Shohei Ohtani made his pitching debut in the rivalry.

The good: they’ve given themselves a margin. Five and a half games separate the Dodgers from their NL West challengers, the Giants and the San Diego Padres. Having the best record in the National League sets them up to potentially earn yet another first-round bye, and with it, time to correct their imperfections.

Tanner Scott blows 7th save of the season to lead the majors, LA rallies for 3 runs in the 11th to win two in a row heading into All-Star break.

In the 11th, the Dodgers scored three times — a bloop run-scoring single by Freddie Freeman, an infield single on a chopper by Teoscar Hernandez which drove in a run, and a bloop RBI single to right by Andy Pages. That made Bivins (2-3), a hard-luck loser.

Dodgers fourth. Shohei Ohtani walks. Mookie Betts walks. Shohei Ohtani to second. Will Smith flies out to left field to Heliot Ramos. Freddie Freeman doubles to right field. Mookie Betts to

Freddie Freeman conectó un sencillo entre el jardín derecho y el central con dos outs en la 11ª entrada para empujar a James Outman con la carrera de la

The Los Angeles Dodgers failed to hit the ball hard against Spencer Bivins in the 11th yet broke the game open. That’s how the Giants will enter the All-Star break, pondering the breaks of baseball after a 5-2, 11-inning loss to the Dodgers on Sunday at Oracle Park.

The chase for the National League West crown has been one of the more tightly contested divisional races so far this season, with both the San Francisco Giants