The result was the Giants’ worst loss of the season, an 11-5 blowout at the hands of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Saturday night that knocked them back down to second place in the NL West. Before a ridiculous ninth inning, San Francisco was looking at its worst margin of defeat this season.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will break a National League West deadlock on Saturday night, when they play the second in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

Yamamoto tossed Schmitt a 1-1 splitter; Schmitt sent the offering towards Glendale. Schmitt’s grand slam wasn’t just his second home run of the season, but his second home run since stepping in for Chapman. In four games as San Francisco’s temporary start, Schmitt is 6-for-15 (.400) with the aforementioned two homers and seven RBIs.

A pair of clubs in the NL West -- the Los Angeles Dodgers (41-28) and the San Francisco Giants (40-29) -- meet on Friday at 10:10 p.m. ET, at Dodger Stadium. The favored Dodgers (-196 on the moneyline) take the field at home against the Giants (+162). The Dodgers will start Yoshinobu Yamamoto (6-4) versus the Giants and Logan Webb (5-5).

Roberts spoke before the Dodgers' first home game since the protests started June 6, facing the San Francisco Giants after a six-game road trip that began the same day the protests started.From NFL plays to college sports scores,

The San Francisco Giants are playing some great baseball, but they are going to still be without their star third baseman for quite some time. With the Giants getting into the middle of June right in the mix for first place in the National League West,

The San Francisco Giants should look for a power bat to upgrade the middle of the lineup and may look to a divisional rival for support.

After dispatching one second-place team during the week, the Los Angeles Dodgers will face another one when they host the San Francisco Giants on Friday in the start of a three-game weekend series.