Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
LA Dodgers 8, San Francisco 3
When: 10:10 PM ET, Monday, April 27, 2015
Where: Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles, California
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Gary Cederstrom, 2B - Sean Barber, 3B - Quinn Wolcott
Attendance: 46704

LOS ANGELES -- Center fielder Joc Pederson and pinch-hitter Justin Turner homered, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rolled to an 8-3 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Monday night before 46,704 at Dodger Stadium.

Pederson went deep off reliever George Kontos in the sixth for his fifth home run this season. Turner added a three-run blast --- his first homer of the season --- in the eighth off Yusmeiro Petit for the final margin. Pederson also made a nifty grab of a drive to the wall in center by Giants center fielder Angel Pagan to double off left fielder Nori Aoki in the first inning.

Dodgers reliever Carlos Frias (1-0) worked 1 1/3 innings, helping the National League West-leading Dodgers (12-7) capture their eighth in a row at home.

Los Angeles starter Brett Anderson allowed three runs on five hits with three strikeouts and two walks in 4 2/3 innings.

Giants right-hander Tim Lincecum (1-2) lasted just four innings, giving up four runs on eight hits with three walks and two strikeouts as the Giants (8-12) lost for the second time in three games. Lincecum earned his first win last Tuesday in a 6-2 romp over Los Angeles.

Second baseman Howie Kendrick's RBI single to center off Lincecum scored right fielder Andre Ethier for a 1-0 Los Angeles lead with no outs in the third. Kendrick helped generate another run by stealing second and forcing catcher Andrew Susac to make an errant throw into center, allowing first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to score from third.

Uribe's run-scoring single to right brought home Kendrick for a 3-0 advantage. Center fielder Joc Pederson followed with a double off the right-field wall, scoring pinch hitter Scott Van Slyke to make it 4-0.

San Francisco sliced the lead in half with two runs in the fifth on RBIs by Aoki and second baseman Joe Panik. Center fielder Angel Pagan's run-scoring single scored Panic to pull the Giants within 4-3. However, Frias limited the damage by inducing right fielder Justin Maxwell to hit an inning-ending comebacker with the bases loaded.

Dodgers left fielder Carl Crawford, who led off the second inning with a triple, left the contest in the third with tightness in his right side. Crawford apparently was hurt while sliding into third on the three-bagger.

NOTES: Dodgers RHP Brandon McCarthy will miss the rest of the season after being diagnosed with a torn ulnar collateral ligament. The 31-year-old McCarthy compiled a 3-0 record in four starts this season with a 5.87 ERA in 23 innings. He gave up nine home runs. ... Giants RHP Matt Cain is scheduled to play catch Tuesday for the first time since going on the disabled list on April 8. ... Los Angeles traded LHP Xavier Cedeno to the Tampa Bay Rays for cash considerations. ... Sunday's Giants-Rockies game in Denver, which was postponed due to weather, has been rescheduled as a split doubleheader on Saturday, May 23. ... Giants LHP Madison Bumgarner (1-1, 4.63 ERA) will face Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw (1-1, 4.07 ERA) on Tuesday.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
San Francisco   LA Dodgers
Tim Lincecum Player Brett Anderson
Loss W/L No Decision
4.0 IP 4.2
2 Strikeouts 3
8 Hits 5
9.00 ERA 5.79
Hitting
San Francisco   LA Dodgers
Norichika Aoki Player Joc Pederson
2 Hits 2
1 RBI 2
0 HR 1
2 TB 6
.400 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
San Francisco 7 0 9 .212 13 7 3 4 1 1
LA Dodgers 11 2 20 .333 14 2 7 5 1 0