Corey Seager led off the bottom of the fourth with a single to center, but he was then easily thrown out attempting to steal second base. Justin Turner followed with a walk only to be erased on an inning-ending double play.
With Grandal on first and the Dodgers still trailing, Pederson turned on a pitch over the plate for a go-ahead two-run home run in the fifth. Meanwhile, Maeda worked his way through the sixth by retiring the side in order and collecting his sixth strikeout in the process.
Maeda opened the seventh inning with a strikeout on his 93rd pitch of the game. With Pedro Baez and Adam Liberatore warming up, Crawford slapped a single into left field. However, Maeda ended the inning immediately after by fielding Samardzija’s sacrifice bunt attempt to start a 1-6-4 double play.
Puig lined a leadoff single to center field in the bottom of the seventh. He then stole second base, aided by Buster Posey’s throw that was off target. Grandal hit an infield single off Crawford’s glove, who was playing to the right of second base in a shift, and Puig raced around from second base to score.
Josh Osich replaced Samardzija after the right-hander walked Howie Kendrick to put two on with no outs. Crawford robbed pinch-hitter Kiké Hernandez of a base hit and RBI by making a diving stop on a grounder up the middle to get an out at second base.
Trayce Thompson pinch-hit for Maeda and grounded into an inning-ending double play. Chris Hatcher tossed a scoreless inning in the eighth, and Kenley Jansen worked around a Posey leadoff single to convert the save opportunity in the Dodgers’ 3-1 win.
