Lacking timely hits, SF Giants waste Blake Snell’s effort in loss to Dodgers

LOS ANGELES — When it mattered most Monday night, the Dodgers did what the Giants were unable to accomplish.

With runners at the corners and two outs in the bottom of the eighth, Teoscar Hernández broke a tied ballgame with a single up the middle off Randy Rodríguez, scoring the go-ahead and decisive run to hand the Giants a tough 3-2 loss to begin their four-game series.

Hernández slammed his bat in celebration as he made his way up the first-base line, coming through with his third...