Madison Bumgarner gave up a grand slam early and homered himself, but the San Francisco Giants were unable to rally all the way back in a 6-5 loss to the rival Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night at Dodger Stadium.
Cody Bellinger hit the grand slam off Bumgarner in the third inning, the sixth consecutive game the Dodgers have homered in to start the season.
The Dodgers have slugged 17 homers so far, tied with the Seattle Mariners for most in the majors. They tied the franchise record for homers in six straight games to start a season, set by the 1954 Brooklyn Dodgers.
With two homers in a 4-2 loss in Monday's series opener, the Dodgers have homered in 10 straight games going back to Sept. 18.
Bumgarner (0-2) gave up five runs - all unearned - and five hits in six innings. He struck out four and walked two. The left-hander has 204 strikeouts against the Dodgers in his career.
Bumgarner rebounded at the plate in the sixth, hitting a two-run shot to left that had the Giants trailing 5-2.
Hyun-Jin Ryu (2-0) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. He struck out five and walked none. He was the fifth left-hander in six games that the Giants have faced.
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The Dodgers survived a messy ninth when closer Kenley Jansen gave up a bases-loaded walk to Yangervis Solarte to make it 6-3. The Giants began the inning with a double by Evan Longoria and a walk by Buster Posey off Yimi Garcia.
Jansen came in and promptly loaded the bases when he misplayed the ball while covering first, allowing Brandon Crawford on. He struck out pinch-hitter Joe Panik before getting pinch-hitter Pablo Sandoval to ground into a game-ending double play, the Dodgers' third of the game.
Jansen earned his second save.
The Dodgers led 1-0 on Enrique Hernandez's RBI single that scored Russell Martin, who was safe at first on Bumgarner's throwing error to open the third.
With two outs, A.J. Pollock singled, Hernandez took second and Ryu, who walked, went to third, setting up Bellinger's fourth career grand slam that made it 5-0.
The Dodgers turned two double plays and Hernandez made two stellar defensive plays at second base.
