Gutierrez homers in return, Dodgers rout Giants
LOS ANGELES -- Franklin Gutierrez homered in his first at-bat off the disabled list and Yasiel Puig drove in four runs to lead the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 13-5 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Rookie Cody Bellinger had three RBIs for the Dodgers (15-13), who defeated the Giants for the 11th time in the past 15 meetings at home. Puig went 3-for-5, while Gutierrez was 1-for-3 with two RBIs. Justin Turner also drove in two runs.
All nine Dodgers starting players scored.
Los Angeles' Alex Wood (2-0) gave up five runs (four earned) on seven hits with eight strikeouts and a walk in five innings. Relievers Sergio Romo, Luis Avilan and Chris Hatcher combined on four scoreless innings.
Giants starter Matt Moore (1-4) served up nine runs on six hits with five walks and three strikeouts in 3 1/3 innings.
The Giants (10-18) have lost three of their last four games.
With the bases loaded, Moore lined an RBI single to center in the second inning to put the Giants up 1-0. Center fielder Enrique Hernandez's errant throw to home on the play allowed Eduardo Nunez to score for a 2-0 lead.
Brandon Belt's two-run single made it 4-0 in the second.
In the bottom of the inning, the Dodgers scored six runs. Gutierrez, in his first game off the disabled list, drilled an 0-2 pitch over the wall in center for a solo blast. Bellinger's bases-clearing triple with no outs in the inning tied the score at 4 before Wood added an RBI single to lift the Dodgers to the lead.
Turner's sacrifice fly made it 6-4.
In the third, Joe Panik drove in Buster Posey to pull the Giants within a run.
But Cory Gearrin relieved Moore with the bases juiced in the fourth and hit Turner with a pitch to force in Bellinger for a two-run lead. Gutierrez's fielder's choice scored Hernandez for an 8-5 edge. A two-run single by Yasiel Puig increased the margin to 10-5.
NOTES: Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said he was "very disappointed" by individuals hurling racial slurs at Baltimore Orioles CF Adam Jones at Fenway Park on Monday. Roberts, who was a member of the 2014 Red Sox club that won the World Series, applauded Jones for speaking out. ... The Dodgers activated OF Franklin Gutierrez and optioned OF Scott Van Slyke to Triple-A Oklahoma City. ... Giants RHP Jeff Smardzija (0-4, 6.32 ERA) will oppose Dodgers LHP Julio Uri´as (0-0, 1.59) in the series finale Wednesday.