LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts hit his 200th career home run, Julio Urias pitched two-hit ball in six innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2 on Saturday to reach seven. consecutive wins.
Trea Turner and Freddie Freeman also homered for the Dodgers, who have 14 wins in their last 15 games. Gavin Lux added an RBI triple in the sixth inning.
It was the first time this season that Betts, Turner and Freeman homered in the same game.
Urias (9-6) struck out five to improve to 6-0 in his last seven starts. David Price entered the ninth inning to record his second career save.
The Giants appeared headed for their fifth shutout loss of the season before mounting a two-run ninth-inning attack. Thairo Estrada and Yermín Mercedes walked Reyes Moronta before Luis González and Joey Bart followed with RBI singles off Price.
The veteran Price struck out Austin Slater to end the threat. The Giants have lost three in a row after winning five of six before the All-Star break.
San Francisco starter Alex Wood (6-8) struck out five straight Dodgers batters before Betts and Turner homered in back-to-back at-bats in the third inning. Both boards were against full count sinkers.
For the Dodgers, the Dominican Hanser Alberto 2-0.
For the Giants, Mexican Luis González 4-2 with one produced. Venezuelans Thairo Estrada 3-0 with a run scored; Wilmer Flores 4-0. The Dominican Yermín Mercedes 2-0 with a run scored.
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