Dodgers Beaten in Ninth : Baseball: Giants’ Clark scores the winning run of 3-2 victory on Gott’s bases-loaded walk.

They can move 3,000 miles away, they can change their name, they can alter their appearance--and it still won’t matter.

The San Francisco Giants will always have the unique ability to torment the Dodgers as long as they have Will Clark.

It happened again during the ninth inning Friday in the first of what could be the final 10 games between these traditional rivals.

And to think that this time, Clark didn’t even have to put his bat on the ball. He drew a walk and scoring on a bases-loaded walk issued by Jim Gott to Kirt Manwaring, giving the Giants a 3-2 victory before 33,706 at Dodger Stadium.

That will work even in St. Petersburg, where the Giants are probably headed next season.

Clark, with one hit in nine career at-bats against John Candelaria, worked a full-count leadoff walk against him during the ninth inning. He stole second base on a failed hit and run and scored after Gott issued one intentional walk and two unintentional walks.

It was the second time in his last four appearances that Gott has walked home a run.

Clark, who has a .319 career average against the Dodgers, scored after Gott intentionally walked Matt Williams, then walked .200-hitting rookie Ted Wood to load the bases and the .241-hitting Manwaring to force Clark home. The walks to Manwaring came on five pitches.

The Dodgers threatened in the ninth after Mike Sharperson hit a leadoff single up the middle against reliever Rod Beck and was balked to second. But Jose Offerman failed to lay down a bunt, Brett Butler flied to right, and Sharperson was stranded on third by Eric Young’s strikeout.

The Giants took a 2-0 lead after two innings on Williams’ 15th home run.

But Orel Hershiser did not give up another hit and left the game after the sixth inning. The Dodgers tied the score with runs in the third and the sixth.

Trailing by 1-0, the Dodgers began their comeback during the third inning. With one out, Hershiser hit a soft fly ball to center field.

It was pursued by by center fielder Mike Felder and left fielder Mark Leonard. At the same time, and at nearly the same spot, they both tried to stop and slid into each other at full force.

The ball hit the ground just as they hit each other.

After the players were helped from the field, it was determined that Felder was suffering from a bruised right rib cage and Leonard had a cut left thigh, a bruised left eye and a bruised nose.

Felder’s playing status was listed as day to day while Leonard will be sidelined for at least two days.

Hershiser ended up at second ed as day to day while Leonard will be sidelined for at least two days.

Hershiser ended up at second and scored on Butler’s 10th triple.

It is the most triples by a Dodger in 21 years, since Willie Davis had 10 triples in 1971. The Los Angeles record is held by Davis, who had 16 triples in 1970.

The Dodgers tied the score during the sixth after a one-out double by Henry Rodriguez and a wild pickoff throw by Bill Swift, moving Rodriguez to third. After Mike Scioscia walked, Hansen collected got his third run batted in of the month with a single to left.

With runners on first and second, the Dodgers had an excellent chance to take the lead. But two pinch-hitters failed.

Mitch Webster, batting for Tom Goodwin, flied to center. Lenny Harris, batting for Hershiser, struck out.

Hershiser had given up only two runs and two runs in six innings when he was removed. Since June 9, Hershiser is 2-7 with three no decisions.