Dodgers blitz Giants in 17-0 laugher

Apparently the Dodgers had no ill effects from Friday’s 9-0 loss to the Giants.

Los Angeles responded to Friday’s embarrassment with a 17-run, 24-hit outburst that left the 41,533 AT&T Park crowd heading for the exits early.

The Dodgers scored four runs in the first inning and four in the second to put the game out of reach before the crowd had settled in. When all was said and done, the Dodgers had posted a 17-0 win over San Francisco and increased their lead in the NL West to two games.

Dodger offensive stars included Hanley Ramirez (4-for-5, 2 RBI), Matt Kemp (3-for-4, 3 RBI), Yasiel Puig (3-for-5), Carl Crawford (2-for-4, 3 RBI), Juan Uribe (2-for-4, 2 RBI) and winning pitcher Zack Greinke (2-for-3, 2 RBI).

Greinke doubled off the wall in the fourth inning then homered to left in the sixth. When he wasn’t feasting on San Francisco pitching, Greinke was busy holding the Giants to four hits through six innings and striking out five to improve his record to 15-8.

Juan Uribe and Scott Van Slyke also homered for the Dodgers, who chased starter Tim Hudson after one inning and put up five runs on seven hits off Tim Lincecum.

The game got so far out of hand for the Giants that San Francisco manager Bruce Bochy even brought in his son Brett for his major league debut. Bochy struck out Puig only to dish up a moon shot homer to Van Slyke.

The Dodgers will try to take the series rubber match tomorrow when they send Clayton Kershaw to the hill in an attempt to increase their lead in the NL West to three games.