MLB

Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants

· Major League Baseball
Los Angeles Dodgers
100-44, 51-26 Away
Final
7 - 2
San Francisco Giants
69-76, 39-35 Home

Thompson 2-run HR backs Urías' 17th win, Dodgers beat Giants

Trayce Thompson hit a two-run homer to back Julio Urías' 17th win, and NL West champion Los Angeles beat up on the San Francisco Giants again with a 7-2 victory Saturday night to notch the 10th 100-win season in franchise history and fourth in six years.

“I think this is the first time I've ever done that — pretty cool,” said Freeman, who joined the Dodgers from the reigning World Series champion Braves on a $162 million, six-year deal this season. “It just means we've got a really good team and we've still got some more wins to go. ... It is special, when you come to the field expecting to win every single night and you have a really good chance to win every single night. With our pitching and the way our offense is going lately, it's a pretty good feeling."

Justin Turner hit a pair of RBI singles among his three hits a day after reaching a career-best 35 doubles for the season.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts credits his club's commitment to keep winning 100 games year after year.

“Every team goes through adversities but to have a consistent level of play to win 100 games at this point is quite the accomplishment, so there's a lot of people that deserve a lot of credit,” Roberts said. “It's something that we don't take for granted.”

Urías (17-7) struck out eight with one walk over six innings and improved to 4-1 against San Francisco this season. He allowed two runs on five hits a day after the Dodgers shut down the Giants 5-0 on Friday night.

Urías might still have enough starts to reach 20 wins again this season, though he insists “whatever the team asks, my mentality is positive.”

Los Angeles (100-44) pounded out 13 more hits after getting nine in the series opener and needed the fewest games to reach 100 wins since the 2001 Seattle Mariners (100-40).

“I don't know if there's an expectation to achieve 100 wins, I think there's an expectation to be in the playoffs and go deep into the playoffs,” Freeman said. "Every single year as far as I can remember, you have to go through the Dodgers if you're going to win the World Series.”

Thompson connected for his 11th homer against Sean Hjelle, then the Dodgers hit five straight singles off Hjelle (0-2) to start the third inning before Thompson walked.

Gavin Lux returned to the Los Angeles lineup after being sidelined since Sept. 1 by back discomfort and went 0 for 4 with two strikeouts.

Rain forecast for Sunday could threaten the series finale. The contingency plan would be to play on the clubs' mutual off day Sept. 26.

“I think everyone's hoping whatever it takes to get it in so we don't have to come back,” Roberts said.

PENCE HONORED

Fittingly, former Giants fan favorite and right fielder Hunter Pence arrived at the ballpark on a scooter as he was honored in a pregame ceremony on the field as the newest member of the team's Wall of Fame, the 55th player to earn the recognition.

“This is where I belong,” Pence said. “I wasn’t the best player but I was all heart. Put your heart into it.”

Highlights of Pence's nearly eight years and two World Series championships with the Giants were shown on the big video screen.

"If I had a lesson it would be, don't be afraid to fail," Pence told the crowd.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: LHP David Price, nursing inflammation in the wrist of his pitching hand, threw a bullpen and is expected to face hitters sometime in the next week. ... RHP Blake Treinen, dealing with soreness in his pitching shoulder, will throw again Monday. ... RHP Yency Almonte (right elbow tightness) pitched a simulated game and will begin a rehab assignment of at least two games with Triple-A Oklahoma City early in the week. ... RHP Tony Gonsolin (right forearm strain) threw a bullpen Saturday and will pitch another Monday before progressing to face hitters soon. “It continues to get better,” Roberts said. ... RHP Brusdar Graterol (inflamed pitching elbow) also threw Saturday and is scheduled to face live hitters Monday. If all goes well he could be activated later next week.

Giants: OF Austin Slater, recovering from a dislocated left pinkie, has been taking swings and could be activated Monday or Tuesday at Colorado. ... LHP Carlos Rodón threw a bullpen and is on schedule to take his next turn after leaving his start Wednesday against Atlanta with a blister. ... 1B Brandon Belt has been back around the club in recent days as he rehabs from right knee surgery, and manager Gabe Kapler reports Belt is “in really good spirits.” ... There's still no decision on whether LHP Alex Wood will pitch again this season as he recovers from a shoulder impingement.

ROSTER MOVES

The Giants recalled OF Heliot Ramos and Hjelle from Triple-A Sacramento and optioned OF Willie Calhoun and RHP Luis Ortiz to Sacramento.

UP NEXT

LHP Andrew Heaney (3-2, 2.84 ERA) starts the series finale for Los Angeles. He is 1/3 with a 6.92 ERA and 38 strikeouts in his career vs. the Giants. San Francisco counters with RHP Alex Cobb (6-6, 3.48) looking to win his fourth straight decision and back-to-back starts for the first time since May.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Ramos flied out to right.
9th Inning Yastrzemski struck out looking.
9th Inning Crawford grounded out to second.
9th Inning Bruihl relieved Martin
9th Inning Thompson grounded into double play, shortstop to second to first, J. Turner out at second.
9th Inning J. Turner walked.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
12 Ground Balls 12
4 Strikeouts 13
7 Runs Batted In 2
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
13 Hits 5
0 Stolen Bases 1
4 Walks 2
0 Catcher Interference 0
7 Runs 2
1 Ground Into Double Play 0
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
39 At Bats 33
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
18 Runners Left On Base 13
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
23 Fly Balls 8
0 Caught Stealing 0
149 Pitches 142
0 Games Started 0
0 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 1
18 Total Bases 8
43 Plate Appearances 36
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 1
6.9 Runs Created 1.7
.333 Batting Average .152
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.462 Slugging Percentage .242
.231 Secondary Average .182
.395 On Base Percentage .222
.857 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .465
0.5 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 1.5
6.9 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.6
48.0 Batter Rating 17.0
39.0 At Bats Per Home Run 33.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
3.47 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.94
.128 Isolated Power .091
1.00 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.15
.093 Walks Per Plate Appearance .056
-.103 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .030
14.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.4 Balls In Play Average 0.2
97.5 MLB Rating 66.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

Oracle Park

Location: San Francisco, California
Attendance: 40,171 | Capacity:

2025 National League West Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Los Angeles 93 69 .574 - W5
San Diego 90 72 .556 3 W3
San Francisco 81 81 .500 12 W4
Arizona 80 82 .494 13 L5
Colorado 43 119 .265 50 L6
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