Giants overcome 6 no-hit innings, defensive blunders to beat LA in 11

LOS ANGELES -- In an unusual repeat of history, the Giants pulled out a victory after being held hitless for most of the game by a Dodgers pitcher making his MLB debut. On April 8, 2016, in the first game of his big league career, current Giant Ross Stripling threw 7 1/3 hitless innings at then-AT&T Park before San Francisco ultimately won against the bullpen. So when L.A.’s No. 13 prospect, Emmet Sheehan, didn’t allow a hit through six in his debut on Friday at Dodger Stadium, there was precedent to suggest that the Giants could still get back into it.

Sure enough, they came roaring back to beat the Dodgers, 7-5, in the 11-inning series opener, a fifth straight win for San Francisco.

“I thought about it when the starter came out a little bit, yeah,” said Brandon Crawford, the only player in the lineup both on Friday and in that 2016 game. “The other one was [2-0] when Stripling came out, so we had to do a little more work. But yeah, I definitely thought about it and was hoping that we would get to the ‘pen, obviously.”