 in just the Giants' second victory in their last eight games. Hunter Pence added a key RBI single for insurance in the seventh. Top prospect Christian Arroyo was promoted by the Giants to be the new regular third baseman and he went 0 for 4 with three groundouts to second and a strikeout. Cain (2-0) allowed two hits, struck out three and walked one and has been a steady presence in San Francisco's rotation so far. He beat the Dodgers for the first time since May 5, 2013, also at AT&T Park. The right-hander, a victim of low run support for years and with injury bad luck the past few seasons, had been 0-3 with a 4.86 ERA in six starts since. After the game, manager Bruce Bochy said that one of Cain's hamstrings tightened and he'll have it checked. Mark Melancon, San Francisco's fourth reliever, finished for his fourth save in five chances. Justin Turner extended his hitting streak to 10 games with a one-out single in the ninth. Ryu has lost his last six starts since Sept. 12, 2014, still seeking his first victory since Aug. 31, `14. Pinch-hitter Chris Taylor's groundout in the seventh got the Dodgers on the board, but they lost their sixth straight in San Francisco after going 2-8 at AT&T Park last year. Eduardo Nunez moved from third to left field for San Francisco with the addition of Arroyo. ROMO'S RETURNSergio Romo was downright giddy to be back at AT&T Park, where he got his big league start spending his first nine seasons with the Giants - and helping them to three World Series championships.''For me, it's a homecoming, it really is,'' he said, sitting in the Dodgers dugout before the game, then adding of the rivalry, ''It's on, it's on, it's on.''He pitched the eighth for L. A. to some chants of ''Beat Ro-mo!''Romo highlights were shown - complete with his entry music ''El Mechon'' - after the first inning and he smiled, popped out of the dugout and tipped his cap every which way, even sending an air hug to the opposite dugout and his old teammates and coaches. TRAINER'S ROOMDodgers: LHP Rich Hill, on the disabled list nursing a blister on his left middle finger, threw 30 pitches with a bandage on the finger and will throw again in two days at 25 pitches with no bandage. ... RHP Kenta Maeda's next start will be pushed from Thursday to Friday. Giants: LHP Madison Bumgarner, out indefinitely with bruised ribs and a sprained pitching shoulder, shared details of his dirt bike accident last Thursday in Colorado. He had a protective sling over his pitching arm as he sat in the dugout and he will likely wear it for another week to 10 days, athletic trainer Dave Groeschner said. Bumgarner was scheduled to have another MRI exam later in the evening and be checked by Dr. Ken Akizuki. ... OF Drew Stubbs also was called up from Sacramento and made his Giants debut in CF for the injured Denard Span, who needs another three or four days following a mild right shoulder sprain that forced him out of Saturday's game at Colorado. Span can be used as a pinch runner, but isn't yet ready to throw. UP NEXTDodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (3-1, 2.54 ERA), who has limited opponents to a .184 batting average so far, is 18-8 with a 1.61 ERA in 36 starts and 35 appearances vs. the Giants but won't line up against Bumgarner as has happened so often of late. Giants: LHP Ty Blach makes his first start of the season pitching in Bumgarner's rotation slot. He has a 4.76 ERA over seven relief outings this year.---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
Time: 10:15 PM EDT Venue: AT&T Park, San Francisco, CA, 94107 SAN FRANCISCO -- Two teams off to slow starts will look to rebound at the other's expense when the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants open a four-game series Monday night at AT&T Park. Dodgers left-hander Hyun-Jin Ryu and Giants righty Matt Cain draw the starting assignment in Game 1 for teams that have combined to make seven playoff appearances in the past five seasons. If the 2017 playoffs started Monday, neither club would be involved. The Dodgers (9-10) have lost five of their past seven games to the Arizona Diamondbacks and Colorado Rockies. Los Angeles was able to salvage one win in a three-game series with the Diamondbacks on Sunday, riding a six-run fifth inning to a 6-2 win. The victory came at an expense, however. Outfielder Joc Pederson had to leave the game due to a tight right groin. His status for the San Francisco series had yet to be determined. The Dodgers was blown out 13-5 and 11-5 in the first two games of the series. The Giants (6-13), meanwhile, are in far worse shape. They not only took three consecutive defeats in Colorado, but they also lost star pitcher Madison Bumgarner to rib and shoulder injuries when he had a dirt-bike accident on the club's off day in Denver on Thursday. Bumgarner will be replaced in the rotation by left-hander Ty Blach on Tuesday for the second game of the series. The Giants took a figurative bruising in 6-5, 12-3 and 8-0 thumpings by the Rockies in the series." What you have to be careful of is to let any complacency set in and say, 'It's early, we'll be OK.' I don't want to hear that," Giants manager Bruce Bochy said after the Sunday loss. "We've got to come out with a sense of urgency." All these games are important. Every day you come here and plan on coming out of it. I felt that way (Sunday). It didn't go our way. I'll feel that way (Monday)." As the Giants have staggered to a start that equals the worst in franchise history, Cain (1-0, 3.31 ERA) arguably has been their best starter. He won his last home start 6-2 over the Diamondbacks, allowing one run and five hits in six 6 2/3 innings. Then he pitched even better in a no-decision at Kansas City, giving up just one run and four hits in seven innings of an eventual 2-1 victory. Ryu, meanwhile, hasn't displayed that type of form yet, but it probably didn't matter in his first three starts. The Dodgers supported the left-hander with just a total of four runs in 2-1, 4-0 and 4-3 losses. The good news is that Ryu (0-3, 5.87 ERA) has been healthy after missing most of the last two seasons with a torn labrum and elbow surgery." He's still coming back," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. "To expect him to be locked in right now might be a little unfair." In nine career starts against the Giants, Ryu is 4-4 with a 4.07 ERA. Cain owns a 5-11 record despite a 3.53 ERA in 32 career games (31 starts) vs. the Dodgers.
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