Dodgers salvage 3-2 win against Giants in 10 iings

SAN FRANCISCO >> The Giants beat the Dodgers with a series of well-placed base hits Thursday. Friday, they won with two home runs.

Saturday, the Dodgers nearly beat themselves.

After eight iings of missed opportunities, the Dodgers rallied for one run against Giants closer Santiago Casilla in the ninth, and another in the 10th, to salvage a 3-2 win.

A walk by Chase Utley, a single by Yasiel Puig and a pitch that hit Justin Tuer allowed the Dodgers to load the bases in the ninth iing against Casilla.

With one out, Adrian Gonzalez hit a routine ground ball to second baseman Kelby Tomlinson. Tomlinson couldn’t transfer the baseball out of his glove in a steady downpour, and threw to first base for the sure out. That allowed Utley to score the tying run.

In the 10th, Charlie Culberson and Corey Seager hit back-to-back doubles against Josh Osich. Kenley Jansen locked down his second save of the season by pitching a 1-2-3 iing.

One day after the Dodgers failed to reward Ross Stripling’s stellar pitching performance — the right-hander didn’t allow a hit for 7 1/3 iings in his major league debut — they squandered more opportunities than they were given the previous two days combined. The Dodgers finished 2-for-21 with ruers in scoring position.

They began four different iings with a leadoff double, and each time they failed to score. The Dodgers’ only run against Bumgaer scored when Scott Van Slyke was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the third iing -- and Van Slyke was subsequently removed from the game with tightness in his lower back.

Clayton Kershaw, for one, deserved better.

In his second start of the season, Kershaw allowed four hits in eight iings and threw only 91 pitches. Two of the hits were solo home runs by Madison Bumgaer and Ehire Adrianza. It was the first time Kershaw had ever allowed solo home runs to the opposing number-8 and number-9 hitters in his career.

Bumgaer is the only pitcher to hit a home run off Kershaw in the major leagues, and he’s done it twice.

The Dodgers had plenty of chances to answer but Bumgaer escaped every jam while allowing only the one run. The left-hander threw six iings, allowed six hits, walked one batter and struck out eight.

The start of the game was delayed 40 minutes due to rain, which passed over the park only to reappear in the late iings. Dodgers pitcher Chris Hatcher slipped on the mound at one point in the ninth, but remained in the game.

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