SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – The National League-leading Dodgers lost their 11th straight game for the longest skid since the club moved to Los Angeles, finishing their 8-6 defeat to the San Francisco Giants at 2:10 a.m. local time Tuesday morning after a pair of rain and lightning delays late Monday.
Hunter Pence hit a go-ahead single in the sixth for San Francisco against Pedro Baez (3-5).
Following a 42-minute delay ahead of first pitch, Curtis Granderson struck out against Chris Stratton, then the game immediately entered an even longer delay – this time for 2 hours, 52 minutes, before resuming at 10:50 p.m. local time.
The total delay time of 3:34 was more than the game time of 3:22.
Los Angeles, which has lost 16 of 17 overall, had its lead atop the NL over idle Washington trimmed to 3 1/2 games. The Dodgers travel to play the Nationals next.