Giants beat Dodgers 9-3 on Devers homer, walk

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rafael Devers homered in the second inning and drew a bases-loaded walk to break a seventh-inning tie as the San Francisco Giants defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 9-3 on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series.

Devers' early homer off Dodgers starter Roki Sasaki gave the Giants a quick lead. The Dodgers tied the score at 3-3 in the sixth on Max Muncy's 11th home run of the season. Heliot Ramos put San Francisco back ahead with a two-run double in the bottom of the inning against Sasaki, who allowed six hits over five-plus innings and struck out five before exiting.

The Giants broke the game open in the seventh. With one out, Jung Hoo Lee, Luis Arraez and Casey Schmitt singled consecutively against reliever Alex Vesia (1-1), loading the bases. Devers drew a two-strike walk to force in the go-ahead run and end Vesia's outing. Willy Adames followed with a two-run single off Will Klein, extending the lead to 6-3. Adames finished with three RBIs.

San Francisco added three insurance runs in the ninth against Wyatt Mills, who issued four walks and hit a batter as the Giants batted around.

Giants reliever Matt Gage (3-1) earned the win with one and two-thirds...