The Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Francisco Giants, 3-0, behind Miguel Vargas making an immediate impact in his MLB debut and Evan Phillips bailing out Julio Urías. The shutout win was the Dodgers’ eighth this season.
Vargas provided them with an early lead by driving an RBI ground-rule double to the right-center field gap in the second inning for his first career hit. Vargas then stole third base on the next pitch, but was stranded.
Vargas delivered again in the fourth inning by scoring Max Muncy on his grounder to first base. Muncy was running on contact and slid under the tag attempt by Joey Bart.
Mookie Betts’ sacrifice fly in the seventh inning gave the Dodgers some insurance.
Julio Urías had a perfect game until allowing a two-out double to Brandon Belt in the fourth inning. He remained efficient through six but failed to make it through the seventh inning as a leadoff single was followed by shaky defense that resulted in two more hits.
Evan Phillips stranded the bases loaded without allowing a run for the second consecutive game, though was aided Wednesday night by the Giants running into an inning-ending double play on shallow fly ball hit to right field.
Craig Kimbrel also found himself pitching with the bases loaded, to which he responded by then retiring the next two batters faced to convert his 19th save of the season.
Dodgers winning streak vs. Giants
The Dodgers have won seven games in a row against the Giants, which is their longest stretch in head-to-head meetings since notching eight consecutive victories from Aug. 19, 2006 to April 8, 2007.
The Dodgers are in position to complete a sweep at Oracle Park after entering the series with the home team having won each of previous nine games this season.
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