Giants return to their old ways

Los Angeles, CA - May 13: Luis Arraez #1 of the San Francisco Giants moved to second on a balk by starting pitcher Shohei Ohtani (not pictured) as second baseman Miguel Rojas #72 of the Los Angeles DodgersLooks on in the third inning of a baseball game at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 13, 2026. (Photo by Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images) | MediaNews Group via Getty Images The Giants beat the Dodgers 29-2 on Wednesday, with their two best players combining to hit 8-8 with a home run, four doubles, four walks, and a stolen base. Unfortunately, that was in the Arizona Complex League.

In the slightly more competitive, and slightly more meaningful Major League Baseball game, the Giants lost to the Dodgers 4-0. It was a game where San Francisco got up to all their old tricks: feckless at-bats, wasted opportunities, heaps of strikeouts, and, of course, amateur hour blunders. They wasted no time putting on that ugly show that we’ve seen so many times this year.

In the first inning, Heliot Ramos drew a two-out walk against Shohei Ohtani (who is apparently the best pitcher in the world now), and Rafael Devers smacked a single to put runners at the corners. But Bryce Eldridge, with the unenviable task of playing sporadically and seemingly only against aces, struck out on three pitches. It was the first out made with runners in scoring position for the Giants, and they would repeat that feat six more times.

They would not get any hits. From there, Ohtani mostly dominated the Giants. He retired the side in order in the second, and again in the fourth, and again in the fifth.