LOS ANGELES — The Dodgers walked a tightrope act on Thursday night, walking 10 batters and living to tell about it, surviving a 2-1 win over the San Francisco Giants in the opener of a four-game series at Dodger Stadium.

With the win, the Dodgers now lead the Padres by three games with nine games left to play. Their magic number to clinch the National League West is down to six.

Logan Webb was back to his usual stingy self after last weekend’s blip. This time he allowed only two runs in the seventh inning. Both runs came in the sixth inning, with a Shohei Ohtani double the key hit. One of the runs was unearned thanks to catcher Patrick Bailey dropping a throw home that would have nailed Ben Rortvedt.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto was atypically wild on Thursday, his six walks setting a new persona

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