San Francisco Giants at Los Angeles Dodgers: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Dodgers rolled past the San Francisco Giants 8-2 on September 18, 2026, at UNIQLO Field at Dodger Stadium, a result that tracked closely with the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a 72 percent pre-game home win probability that ultimately climbed to 100 percent by the final out. Los Angeles scored in five of nine innings, with the Giants managing just five hits and two runs across the afternoon. The game's most impactful moment came in the bottom of the sixth, when Josue De Paula laced a double off Jason Foley that shifted win probability by plus-16.1 percent, the single largest swing of the contest. Max Muncy then added a home run off Philip Abner in the bottom of the eighth, a plus-12.0 percent swing that punctuated a five-run frame and put the game fully out of reach. The Giants' most consequential offensive moment came in the top of the third, when Jonah Cox singled off Tyler Glasnow for a plus-9.5 percent swing, though San Francisco could not sustain that pressure and Enrique Hernández grounded into a double play in the fourth that cost the Dodgers minus-9.4 percent in win probability, briefly keeping the door open before Los Angeles ultimately slammed it shut.

Among position players, De Paula led all batters with a plus-13.7 percent WPA and plus-1.4 RE24, while Kyle Tucker finished close behind at plus-13.2 percent WPA and a game-high plus-1.5 RE24. Teoscar Hernández contributed as well, posting plus-11.9 percent WPA on the strength of his fifth-inning single off Cesar Perdomo, which added plus-9.2 percent on its own. On the mound, Perdomo was the most valuable arm on either staff, generating plus-11.4 percent WPA despite surrendering that Cox single, with Tanner Scott and Kris Bubic each contributing meaningfully at plus-10.8 and plus-8.5 percent respectively. The Dodgers' pitching staff held San Francisco to a clean defensive game, with neither team committing an error across the nine innings.