Giants beat Dodgers 6-2 as Bader and Haase hit back-to-back homers off Yamamoto

By: Beth Harris, The Associated Press Posted: 12:03 AM CDT Wednesday, May. 13, 2026

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Harrison Bader and Eric Haase homered back-to-back for the tying and go-ahead runs in the fifth inning, and the San Francisco Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-2 on Tuesday night.

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Haase tied the game with a solo shot in the third — his first homer since May 7, 2025. He nearly went deep a third time in the seventh when Andy Pages caught Haase’s long drive at the center field wall. Bader’s two-strike homer was his first since March 30 and tied the game before Haase went deep again for a 3-2 lead.

It was the first time Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto (3-3) gave up three homers in a game. All three came from the eighth and ninth spots in the Giants’ lineup with two outs.

San Francisco Giants' Eric Haase, gestures as he rounds first after hitting a solo home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tuesday, May 12, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Shohei Ohtani homered for the first time since April 26 for the Dodgers.

San Francisco has won four of five and three in a row for the first time since April 16-18.

Giants starter Adrian Houser (1-4) allowed two runs and three hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out four and walked three in beating the Dodgers for the first time in his career.

Caleb Kilian earned his second save with 1 1/3 innings of relief.

The scuffling Dodgers dropped their fourth in a row and ninth in 13 games while scoring three runs or fewer in 10 of those 13.

They trailed 6-2 and had the bases loaded in the eighth before Pages flied out to end the threat.

Yamamoto gave up five runs and six hits in 6 1/3 innings while striking out eight.

Ohtani gave the Dodgers a 2-1 lead in the third with his seventh homer. The two-way superstar singled, walked, struck out and grounded out. He scored the Dodgers’ first run on Will Smith’s sacrifice fly in the first.

Up next

The Giants’ Robbie Ray (3-4, 2.76 ERA) starts Wednesday against Ohtani (2-2, 0.97).

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