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  • The Dodgers’ Justin Turner high-fives Max Muncy after both scored on a triple by Will Smith during the third inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. The Dodgers rolled to an 8-0 win. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. Buehler pitched seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday, improving to 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past 10 starts. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Giants starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani pitches against the Dodgers in the top of the first inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Justin Turner (10) hits a single to drive in a run against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Justin Turner of the Dodgers hits an RBI single scoring Chris Taylor #3 against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Giants outfielder Mike Yastrzemski chases down a ball that falls in for an RBI single off the bat of Justin Turner #10 of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor rounds third base to score a run on a single by Justin Turner against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Injured Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw, left, congratulates teammate Chris Taylor after he scored against the Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Anthony DeSclafani of the Giants pitches against the Dodgers in the top of the first inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • AJ Pollock of the Dodgers steals second base sliding in ahead of the throw to Thairo Estrada of the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. Buehler pitched seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday, improving to 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past 10 starts. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. Buehler pitched seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday, improving to 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past 10 starts. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers manager Dave Roberts looks on from the dugout during the top of the third inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants at Oracle Park in San Francisco. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Giants starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani throws to a Los Angeles Dodgers batter during the first inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • The Dodgers’ Will Smith hits a triple to drive in two runs against the San Francisco Giants during the third inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Will Smith of the Dodgers hits a two-run RBI triple against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Will Smith of the Dodgers races into third base with a two-run RBI triple against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Giants starting pitcher Anthony DeSclafani (26) hands the ball to manager Gabe Kapler as he is taken out during the third inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers in a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Will Smith of the Dodgers, right, is congratulated by teammate Billy McKinney after Smith scored against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the third inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Giants pitcher Jose Alvarez throws to a Dodgers batter during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Giants third baseman Jason Vosler can’t make the stop on a grounder hit by the Dodgers’ Justin Turner during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. Turner was safe at first. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. Buehler pitched seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday, improving to 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past 10 starts. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Walker Buehler throws to the plate during the first inning of Wednesday’s game against the Giants in San Francisco. Buehler pitched seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday, improving to 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA in his past 10 starts. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers shortstop Chris Taylor, left, completes a double play after forcing out San Francisco Giants’ Darin Ruf (33) out on a ball hit by Jason Vosler during the fifth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers reacts tossing his bat in the air after striking out against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the sixth inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ AJ Pollock is hit by a pitch from San Francisco Giants reliever John Brebbia during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • The Dodgers’ Billy McKinney leaves the batter’s box on a single against the San Francisco Giants during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • The Dodgers’ Walker Buehler hits a grounder against the San Francisco Giants during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. A run scored, and Buehler reached on a fielder’s choice. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Walker Buehler of the Dodgers hits into a fielders choice and gets an RBI with AJ Pollock scoring from third base against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the seventh inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The Dodger won the game 8-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • AJ Pollock of the Dodgers scores from third base as Curt Casali #2 of the San Francisco Giants can’t hold onto the throw in the top of the seventh inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The Dodger won the game 8-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ AJ Pollock, left, scores a run as San Francisco Giants catcher Curt Casali drops the ball during the seventh inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Max Muncy of the Dodgers hits a two-run double against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the seventh inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The Dodger won the game 8-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Walker Buehler, right, celebrates with Billy McKinney (29) after both scored on a double by Max Muncy during the seventh inning against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Giants relief pitcher John Brebbia stands on the mound as the Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger runs the bases after hitting a solo home run during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Cody Bellinger of the Dodgers trots around the bases after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The Dodgers won the game 8-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger (35) is congratulated by third base coach Dino Ebel (91) after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger is congratulated by Manager Dave Roberts after Bellinger hit a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants in the top of the eighth inning at Oracle Park on July 28, 2021 in San Francisco, California. The Dodger won the game 8-0. (Photo by Thearon W. Henderson/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Cody Bellinger (35) is congratulated by Max Muncy (13) after hitting a solo home run against the San Francisco Giants during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers relief pitcher Mitch White throws to a San Francisco Giants batter during the ninth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. The Dodgers won 8-0. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

  • Dodgers relief pitcher Mitch White, right, is congratulated by catcher Will Smith after the team’s 8-0 victory against the San Francisco Giants in a baseball game Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in San Francisco. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)

SAN FRANCISCO — Finally … a boat race.

The Dodgers have spent the past week-plus in uncomfortably close quarters. Their previous three games were one-run decisions. Five of their previous seven and six of their previous nine games were decided in the eighth inning or later.

By comparison, Wednesday night’s 8-0 Dodgers victory with Walker Buehler throwing seven scoreless innings on his 27th birthday was a leisurely cruise.

The Dodgers scored four times in the third inning off Giants starter Anthony DeSclafani. That alone was their biggest lead since a 9-2 win in Colorado on July 17.

“That was good,” said AJ Pollock, who had three hits and reached base four times Wednesday. “We’ve played a lot of tight games and to get one like that where you can just relax and cruise a little bit, those are fun.

“Yeah, it’s good to just pile on some runs and make it an easy one.”

The win cut the Giants’ lead over the Dodgers in the NL West to two games with Wednesday afternoon’s series finale the last time the two rivals will see each other until September (and then only three more times).

DeSclafani might want to take that weekend off. The Giants right-hander is having a terrific season – except when he faces the Dodgers.

Four consecutive Dodgers reached base against DeSclafani with one out in the third inning. Chris Taylor walked, Max Muncy singled, Justin Turner drove in a run with a bloop single and Will Smith drove in two with a triple. Two batters later, Pollock drove in another run with an RBI single.

The four runs in the third nearly matched the Dodgers’ total offensive output from their previous three games (five runs).

After DeSclafani walked Matt Beaty, his day was done, failing to get through three innings for the second time in five starts against the Dodgers this year.

In those five starts, the Dodgers have batted .341 (31 for 91) against DeSclafani with 22 runs in 21 innings (a 9.43 ERA). The rest of MLB has hit .179 off DeSclafani and he has a 1.78 ERA in those 16 starts.

“I think like any pitcher if you kind of put pressure on them then good things can happen,” Pollock said.

“When you’re facing top pitchers, you’re just dialing in, trying to make it uncomfortable, doing your best. We’ve done a pretty good job of that. We know that if we can string at-bats together we can get anybody in the league.”

Buehler could have taken that four-run gift – the Dodgers’ biggest single inning since a four-run ninth on July 17 – as his birthday present and headed for the bouncy house.

He didn’t allow a hit until a two-out single by Wilmer Flores in the fourth inning and didn’t allow a Giants runner past first base until a single and a wild pitch on a third strike put two on with two outs in the sixth. Buehler, whose only loss this season came against the Cubs on June 24 when the Dodgers were shut out, improved to 7-0 lifetime against the Giants. In five starts versus San Francisco this season, he is 3-0 with a 0.79 ERA.

“He’s nasty,” Pollock said. “He’s just dialed in. it doesn’t look like a fun at-bat up there for anyone.”

Buehler allowed just three hits while completing seven innings for the ninth time in 21 starts this season. Over his past 10 starts, Buehler is 7-1 with a 1.52 ERA. Batters are hitting just .164 with nearly twice as many strikeouts (69) as hits (37).

“Just trying to mix. Will (Smith) did a really really good job of keeping me on both sides of the plate, moving the ball around. So hats off to him and luckily we made enough good pitches to get out of there pretty clean,” Buehler said.

He did acknowledge incorporating a changeup as “a little bit of a new wrinkle” recently.

“It’s just something for a hitter to think about,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “But he’s sequencing, for me, as good as he ever has and not always trying to bully guys with 96, 97 (mph). The weapons that he has, we’ve always known it. Just to see him put it in practice each start, we’re seeing the benefits, the fruits of it.”

In a National League that didn’t include Jacob deGrom, Buehler would be near the pack of Cy Young Award candidates. He leads the National League in innings (135-2/3), is third in ERA (2.19) and fourth in WHIP (0.90) among the non-deGrom field.

“We all know how good he is in October. The challenge for him, the next level, was to put it together in the regular season,” Roberts said. “That’s something he challenged himself on and he’s done that up to this point.

“You can’t take anything away from Jacob and what he does. But I would say just the ability to post and what Walker has done in totality shouldn’t go unnoticed. Part of a Cy Young is performance and dominance – but also the ability to post. Walker has done that better than anybody as far as going deep into games and performing.”

The Dodgers added three runs in the seventh, two coming on Muncy’s third hit of the game (a double off the base of the center field wall). Cody Bellinger hit a solo home run in the eighth inning, his first homer since the Dodgers’ 22-run romp on July 10.

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