{"id":351602,"date":"2021-10-12T08:37:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T05:37:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/longoria-giants-top-dodgers-to-grab-series-lead\/"},"modified":"2021-10-12T08:37:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-12T05:37:33","slug":"longoria-giants-top-dodgers-to-grab-series-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/longoria-giants-top-dodgers-to-grab-series-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"#Longoria, Giants top Dodgers to grab series lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Longoria, Giants top Dodgers to grab <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">series<\/a> lead<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n        <\/aside>\n<p>LOS ANGELES \u2014 Evan Longoria powered a home run off Max Scherzer through fierce wind. Chris Taylor and pinch-hitter Gavin Lux fell short, putting the defending World Series champions on the brink of elimination.<\/p>\n<p>Longoria\u2019s shot in the fifth inning held up, giving the Giants a 1-0 win over the Dodgers on a cold, blustery Monday night with conditions more akin to San Francisco. The Giants took a 2-1 lead in the NL Division Series.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t remember a lot of nights at Dodger Stadium where the wind was blowing like that,\u201d said San Francisco manager Gabe Kapler, who grew up in Los Angeles. \u201cSuper strange.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The gusty winds whipped the flags in center field and even caused Scherzer to stumble delivering an early pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe wind was really pushing me towards home plate,\u201d said Scherzer, who lost a postseason <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a> he started for the first time since Oct. 12, 2017, against the Cubs.<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles nearly tied it with two outs in the ninth, when Lux launched a long drive to left-center with an exit velocity of 107 mph and an estimated batting average of .890, according to Statcast. But the wind knocked it down and the ball was caught on the warning track, leaving Lux in disbelief. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy stomach pretty much sank when he hit it. I couldn\u2019t believe that it didn\u2019t go,\u201d Longoria said. \u201cI guess it was our night.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-SF_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Evan Longoria\" class=\"wp-image-19773697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-SF_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-SF_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/BASEBALL-MLB-LAD-SF_.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Evan Longoria\u2019s solo home run was the only run the Giants needed. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">USA Today Sports<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Taylor flied out to center leading off, but that ball was caught, too.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think any other night the CT ball, the Gavin Lux ball, would have been home runs, yeah,\u201d Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. <\/p>\n<p>It was the Giants\u2019 second shutout in the best-of-five playoff after winning the opener 4-0.<\/p>\n<p>Game 4 is Tuesday at Dodger Stadium and Game 5 would be in San Francisco on Thursday, if necessary.<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers routed their longtime rivals 9-2 to win Game 2, but mustered just five hits back at home. NL batting champion Trea Turner and Mookie Betts each went 0-for-4, and Corey Seager was 0-for-4 with a walk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI thought we took some good at-bats and we just didn\u2019t get rewarded,\u201d Roberts said. <\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>Longoria broke out of an 0-for-23 slump in a big way with his leadoff shot on an 0-2 pitch to left-center. It was his first postseason homer since the 2013 ALDS with Tampa Bay. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust this environment \u2026 this is crazy,\u201d Longoria said. \u201cWhat a wild night, too \u2014 the wind. I mean, I think that the sound in here was kind of dampened by the wind.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After the home run, Scherzer retired his final six batters. But the Dodgers lost for the first time in his 13 starts with the team since being acquired from Washington at the July 30 trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou get to the postseason, you can always lose by one pitch. That comes into play. Tonight I lost it on one pitch,\u201d Scherzer said.<\/p>\n<p>The Giants\u2019 other two hits were singles by Buster Posey and Kris Bryant. Their final 15 batters were retired, including in the ninth when Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen struck out the side.<\/p>\n<p>San Francisco starter Alex Wood allowed two hits over 4 2\/3 innings against his former team. The left-hander struck out four and walked two. <\/p>\n<p>Tyler Rogers got the win with 1 2\/3 innings of relief. Rookie right-hander Camilo Doval pitched two perfect innings for the save. <\/p>\n<p>Napkins, peanut bags and plastic bags blew on the warning track and through the stands. A dusty haze obliterated the usual picturesque view of the San Gabriel Mountains and kept a pregame flyover from being seen except on the videoboard. A fan\u2019s white cap came flying out of the stands and landed on the field in the second inning. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1346098279.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Giants\" class=\"wp-image-19773702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1346098279.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1346098279.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/1346098279.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Alex Wood<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The fierce wind blew steadily from left field to right throughout the game, ruffling the pants of the pitchers on the mound.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just part of the game, Mother Nature, and you have to respect that,\u201d said Albert Pujols, who had two of the Dodgers\u2019 three hits. <\/p>\n<p>Scherzer retired 10 batters between Posey\u2019s single in the first and Bryant\u2019s two-out single in the fourth. Scherzer gave up one run and three hits in seven innings. The three-time Cy Young Award winner struck out 10 \u2014 his fifth career double-digit postseason strikeout total \u2014 and walked one on 110 pitches. <\/p>\n<p>The tension was palpable into the later innings.<\/p>\n<p>Pinch-hitter Steven Souza Jr. and Will Smith had one-out singles in the seventh, the Dodgers\u2019 first back-to-back hits of the game, off submariner Rogers. Pinch-hitter Austin Barnes struck out swinging.<\/p>\n<p>With the sellout crowd of 53,299 on its feet chanting, \u201cLet\u2019s go, Dodgers!\u201d, Betts hit a screaming liner into the glove of leaping shortstop Brandon Crawford to end the threat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust catch the ball, that\u2019s all I\u2019m thinking,\u201d Crawford said. \u201cIt had a little bit of topspin on it and it was right over my head so I was able to jump and hope it was in my glove.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Dodgers had three hits \u2014 all singles \u2014 through six innings.<\/p>\n<p>Their first hit came off the bat of the 41-year-old Pujols, whose bloop single to right led off the third in his 75th career postseason game. Along with Pujols, the Dodgers started 37-year-old Scherzer and 36-year-old Justin Turner at third.<\/p>\n<p>It was Pujols\u2019 first start and hit in the playoffs since the 2014 ALDS with the Los Angeles Angels. The three-time NL MVP hit .294 against left-handed pitching during the regular season. <\/p>\n<p>Pujols singled again leading off the fifth for his first multi-hit postseason game since his three-homer performance in Game 3 of the 2011 World Series for St. Louis.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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