In a game in which the Giants’ lineup blasted a pair of home runs and tallied 11 hits against a tough Dodgers pitching staff, it was the offense’s shortcomings that came into focus when the final out was recorded.

The Giants had 12 more chances than the Dodgers with a runner in scoring position on Monday, but fell 3-2 as Los Angeles launched a trio of solo home runs while San Francisco went 0-for-13 with runners in scoring position.

The club thought it should have had three more chances with a runner in scoring position, but a controversial replay review in the top of the ninth inning favored the Dodgers as a call on the field was upheld. Mike Tauchman led off the frame with a single into center field and after the ball momentarily skipped past Cody Bellinger, the Giants’ outfielder attempted to take second base.

“I thought we made the correct call to challenge it and I thought he was safe,” manager Gabe Kapler said of the play.

Bellinger’s throw to the bag beat Tauchman, but he appeared to slide past the tag of Chris Taylor safely. A replay review indicated Tauchman may have come off the base while Taylor was still applying the tag, so a ruling on the field that seemed like it had the potential to be overturned was ultimately upheld.

“Obviously the scoring opportunities on a guy like Kenley Jansen are pretty few and far between,” Tauchman said of his decision to push for second base. “I was trying to make a play for the boys and unfortunately Bellinger recovered really well and made a perfect throw. When you have two teams like that, sometimes that’s the margin. It’s razor thin.”

First baseman LaMonte Wade Jr. and shortstop Brandon Crawford each homered for Kapler’s club while third baseman Wilmer Flores went 4-for-4, but the Giants never came up with the type of clutch hit that’s been so common for a club that remains in first place in the National League West.

A frustrating night for a Giants lineup that’s without three projected starters –Brandon Belt, Tommy La Stella and Evan Longoria– got even tougher when Mike Yastrzemski was forced to exit early.

The Giants lost Yastrzemski after the right fielder drilled a foul ball into his right shin in the top of the seventh inning. Yastrzemski was initially able to stay in the game and finish his at-bat against Dodgers lefty Victor González, but after striking out swinging, he did not return to the diamond as Tauchman took over in right field.

Starter Anthony DeSclafani hadn’t given up more than one home run in any of his 15 starts this year before Mookie Betts and Max Muncy hit back-to-back home runs to lead off the bottom of the first inning. Muncy’s home run marked his sixth in eight games against the Giants this season, the most hit by any opposing player against San Francisco in 2021.

The right-hander settled down and only allowed three more hits over five innings, but one was a solo home run from Dodgers catcher Will Smith in the fourth inning. DeSclafani became just the second Giants pitcher to give up three homers in one game this season, joining Alex Wood who also surrendered three at Dodger Stadium in a 4-3 loss on May 27.

“It seemed like the three home runs obviously ended up being the difference-maker,” DeSclafani said. “I gave up three, Trevor (Bauer) gave up two and that’s really all it was.”

An outstanding outing on Monday could have improved DeSclafani’s All-Star candidacy, but after giving up three runs to Los Angeles, his ERA increased to 2.91, which now ranks 15th among National League starters.

After yanking a 109.3 mile per hour single into right field off Trevor Bauer to lead off the game, Wade put the Giants on the board in the third inning with a flyball that sailed just past the glove of a leaping Betts at the outfield wall for his sixth home run of the season.

Wade only homered twice in 113 plate appearances with the Twins, but has already hit six for the Giants in 106 plate appearances this season.

The club’s next run came courtesy of Crawford, who drilled his team-leading 17th home run of the season out to center field in the top of the sixth. Crawford’s 444-foot blast off Bauer marked the farthest ball he’s hit since Statcast began tracking the distances of batted balls in 2015.

The long ball has been critical to the Giants’ success this season, but on Monday, the club’s inability to make the most of putting runners on base allowed the Dodgers to narrow San Francisco’s edge to 2.5 games in the division.

“Obviously we’d like to win both of these, but at the end of the day, if we can come out with a win tomorrow, we’re still in a really good spot moving forward,” DeSclafani said.