Shohei Ohtani hits his 49th homer and Dodgers rally to beat Giants 13-7

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Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman (5) congratulates designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) after Ohtani hit a solo home run in the fourth inning of an MLB baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Teoscar Hernández celebrates after hitting a two-run double during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez) — Los Angeles Dodgers Freddie Freeman (5) congratulates designated hitter Shohei Ohtani (17) after Ohtani hit a solo home run in the fourth inning of an MLB baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Saturday, Sept. 13, 2025. (Stephen Lam/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

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12:37 AM on Sunday, September 14

By JANIE McCAULEY

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Shohei Ohtani hit his 49th homer, Teoscar Hernández delivered a go-ahead two-run double in a six-run fifth inning after the Dodgers chased Giants starter Logan Webb, and NL West-leading Los Angeles rallied past San Francisco 13-7 on Saturday night.

Ohtani connected for a 454-foot drive to center leading off the third and is closing in on a second straight 50-homer season.

Dodgers third baseman Max Muncy went down hard after he was hit near the right ear by a pitch from Matt Gage in the sixth but stayed in the game. Miguel Rojas helped the Dodgers add on that inning with a two-run double.

Edgardo Henriquez (1-1) struck out the side in order in the fourth on the way to his first career win.

The defending World Series champions came back from a 4-1 deficit against Webb (14-10) a night after Patrick Bailey's 10th-inning grand slam gave the Giants a 5-1 victory and snapped the Dodgers' four-game winning streak.

Bailey hit a two-run double Saturday, but the Giants remained a half-game back of the skidding New York Mets for the third National League wild card.

Ohtani singled in the first to extend his on-base streak to 18 games and Mookie Betts' third-inning single also gave him 18 in a row reaching base. Betts had an RBI single in the fifth.

Key moment

Dodgers lefty Clayton Kershaw was done after three innings, having allowed four runs on five hits in what might have been his final start at Oracle Park.

Key stat

San Francisco's Jerar Encarnación came off the injured list to play right field and delivered an RBI groundout in the first inning — just his 11th game in a season hampered by wrist, oblique and hamstring injuries.

Up next

RHP Tyler Glasnow (2-3, 3.21 ERA) pitches the series finale for the Dodgers opposite LHP Robbie Ray (11-6, 3.32).

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