At LAT, "Yasiel Puig leads Dodgers past Giants, 3-1, for rare three-game win streak":
As much entertainment as Yasiel Puig has provided in his three weeks with the Dodgers, his presence hasn't had a pronounced effect on the team's win-loss record.RTWT.
Until now, perhaps.
By virtue of a 3-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants at Dodger Stadium on Monday, the Dodgers won three consecutive games for the first time since the opening week of the season.
Puig was a central figure in the triumph, as he hit his seventh home run in the first inning and drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth. The Dodgers (33-42) are 10-10 in games in which Puig has played and are eight games behind the first-place Arizona Diamondbacks in the National League West.
Meanwhile, the Giants fell to 38-38. The last time the Giants were .500 this late in the year was in 2008, their last losing season.
Until Monday night, the Dodgers had dropped five consecutive decisions to the Giants. And until the first inning, the Dodgers hadn't scored against Giants starter Madison Bumgarner in 16 consecutive innings.
Puig ended that streak right away, homering to the opposite field to put the Dodgers ahead, 1-0.
“Crazy stuff,” Manager Don Mattingly said.
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