Giant’s gem foiled with two outs in ninth

LOS ANGELES — San Francisco lefthander Matt Moore lost his no-hit bid with two outs in the ninth inning on a soft, clean single by Corey Seager, as the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 Thursday night.

Moore’s try ended on his career-high 133rd and final pitch — he missed most of the past two seasons after Tommy John surgery. He immediately was pulled after Seager’s hit plopped onto the grass in shallow right field.

Giants center fielder Denard Span sprinted for two outstanding catches, including a leadoff grab in the ninth to rob Enrique Hernandez, to give Moore a chance.

Moore earned his first win for the Giants since they got him in a trade with Tampa Bay on Aug. 1.

Moore nearly gave San Francisco a major league-record five straight years with a no-hitter. And he almost became the first Giants pitcher to no-hit the rival Dodgers since 1915, when New York’s Rube Marquard stopped Brooklyn.

Moore struck out seven and walked three. Reliever Santiago Casilla needed one pitch to get the final out.

Joe Panik homered and drove in two runs for the Giants (69-58), who snapped a four-game losing streak and cut the Dodgers’ lead in the National League West to two games.

Los Angeles (71-56) had its fourgame winning streak halted. The Dodgers won two of three in the series.

Moore retired 14 batters in a row before walking Seager with one out in the seventh. However, he struck out Justin Turner looking and forced Adrian Gonzalez to ground out to end the inning.

In the eighth, Moore issued a leadoff walk to Yasmani Grandal but struck out Chase Utley, forced Grandal at second and induced Joc Pederson to line out to center.

Dodgers starter Ross Stripling (3-5) allowed three runs on seven hits with two strikeouts and a walk in five innings on 90 pitches (58 strikes).