Turner, Kemp go yard in Dodgers 4-2 win over Giants

With San Francisco lefty Madison Bumgarner on the mound, Dodgers’ manager Don Mattingly loaded his lineup with right-handed batters tonight, starting Justin Turner at second base and Scott Van Slyke in left field.

The strategy paid off in spades as Turner took Bumgarner deep twice and Van Slyke went 2-for-3 in a 4-2 win for Los Angeles that put the Dodgers up 4.5 games in the NL West with four games to play.

Clayton Kershaw will take the hill tomorrow as the Dodgers look to clinch the pennant at home against the Giants.

The Dodgers started quickly against Bumgarner (18-10) when Turner led off the bottom of the first with home run to left field. After Yasiel Puig was hit in the foot and both benches cleared, Matt Kemp crushed a fastball over the fence in center for a 3-0 lead.

Turner added a second homer in the eighth off of Bumgarner when he jacked a breaking ball into the seats in left field.

Bumgarner brought the Giants back into the game with a two-run homer off of Zack Greinke in the third inning but that would be all the scoring the Giants would get off Greinke, who went eight innings and allowed six hits to improve to 16-8 on the season.

Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth, giving up one hit before closing the affair.

The win reduced the Dodgers’ magic number to one, meaning a Los Angeles win or San Francisco loss in the final games of the season would clinch the NL West title for the Dodgers.