Hyun-Jin Ryu and the Los Angeles Dodgers completed the series sweep of the San Francisco Giants to take over first place in the NL West by a full game and a half after their 4-3 victory on Sunday. Ryu picked up win number 12 after pitching six innings, surrendering six hits while giving up three earned runs and striking out seven batters. He walked one and gave up a solo home run to Buster Posey in the fifth inning. When Ryu has received five days rest in his MLB career, as he did tonight, he is 10-2 with a 2.68 ERA.
JP Howell took over in relief and got the game to former Giants closer and current Dodgers set up man Brian Wilson. Wilson worked his way around a walk and a loud chorus of boos from his former fans. He worked a scoreless eighth inning. Kenley Jansen struck out the side in the ninth for his 30th save to become the seventh Dodgers pitcher to record 30 saves in a season.
The Dodgers fell behind in the third but answered back in the fourth when Hanley Ramirez led off the inning by sending a ground ball through the legs of second basemen Dan Uggla. Carl Crawford followed with a fielder’s choice and Matt Kemp singled to left field. Juan Uribe drove in Crawford with a ground ball to left field that tied the game at one.
Dee Gordon reached base in the fifth inning after striking out swinging but reaching first on the wild pitch. Yasiel Puig walked and moved to second on another wild pitch that allowed Gordon to move to third. Adrian Gonzalez struck out swinging but another wild pitch from Jake Peavy allowed Gordon to score from third and tie the game at two. Ramirez followed with a single and Crawford tripled to knock in Ramirez from first that capped off a three run fifth inning. Ramirez finished the game 2-for-4 with an RBI. Kemp recorded two hits as well, joining Ramirez to combine for four of the six Dodger hits.
Los Angeles improves their record to 58-47 with the 4-3 win to close out the series. The Dodgers have the day off on Monday before welcoming in the Atlanta Braves for a three game set.