San Francisco Giants vs Los Angeles Dodgers Box Score on Sep 24, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 24, 2017

LOS ANGELES -- Clayton Kershaw threw seven scoreless innings and Yasmani Grandal drove in all three runs as the Los Angeles Dodgers finished their season series against the San Francisco Giants with a 3-1 victory at Dodger Stadium.

Kershaw (18-4) benefited from four double plays while allowing one run and eight hits. He struck out six to reach 200 on the season for the seventh time in his 10-year career and didn't walk a batter.

Kershaw also increased his major league leading win total, despite missing six weeks this summer with back issues, while lowering his league-leading ERA to 2.21.

Grandal came in 4-for-49 in September (.082) with 23 strikeouts in 17 games. He gave the Dodgers a 1-0 lead with a sacrifice fly in the second inning and a 3-0 advantage with a two-run homer in the fourth.

Kershaw came in with a career-high five shutouts in 39 starts against San Francisco. Just like Giants left-hander Madison Bumgarner did in a 2-1 win against Los Angeles on Saturday night, Kershaw threw seven shutout innings before giving up a solo home run in the eighth to Mac Williamson.

He struck out Gorkys Hernandez to end the inning and give him 200 on the season. The three-time National League Cy Young winner improved to 22-9 in his career against San Francisco, including 4-1 this season.

Brandon Morrow pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save of the season.

Giants starter Chris Stratton (3-4) came in with a 2.17 ERA in his previous six games. He was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the fifth after allowing three runs and five hits in four innings.

Curtis Granderson, who came in hitting .134 in 31 games since he was acquired by the Dodgers, singled through the shift on the right side to lead off the second inning. Logan Forsythe doubled in right-center field to move Granderson to third. After a lineout to first base by Chase Utley, Grandal lifted his sacrifice fly to left to score Granderson.

Utley reached on an infield single to shallow third with one out in the fourth and Grandal then blasted his 21st home run of the season over the fence in center for a 3-0 lead.

NOTES: Los Angeles Dodgers RF Yasiel Puig was not in the starting lineup a day after making the final out trying to steal second base in a 2-1 loss to the Giants. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was frustrated that Puig tried to steal the base on his own on Sunday said, "It's important that the guys I write in the lineup, I can trust them." ... Dodgers LHP Hyun-Jin Ryu could miss his final start of the regular season after he was hit in the left forearm by a comebacker on Saturday night and left the game with a contusion. ... San Francisco Giants RF Hunter Pence came in 10-for-76 in his career against Dodgers LHP Clayton Kershaw, but went 3-for-3 off Kershaw on Sunday.