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Juan Uribe leads Dodgers to 10-2 win over Giants

Juan Uribe reacts after hitting a two-run home run against the Giants, the Dodgers infielder was just a single short of hitting for the cycle in L.A.'s 10-2 victory in San Francisco on Friday.
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SAN FRANCISCO — When Matt Kemp felt something pop in his surgically repaired left shoulder Friday night, he panicked.

“I thought I was done,” Kemp said.

He wasn’t, at least not in any lasting sense, as the damage from that second-inning swing and miss was limited to irritation of his AC joint and not in the area on which he had off-season surgery.

BOX SCORE: Dodgers 10, San Francisco 2

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The Dodgers weren’t done either. Baseball’s hottest team won for the 11th time in 13 games, steamrolling the last-place San Francisco Giants, 10-2. The Dodgers are in the midst of one of those magical stretches in which it appears nothing can derail them — not even the third-inning departure of a player who was once considered their spiritual leader.

The latest offensive onslaught was led by Juan Uribe, who matched his career high by driving in seven runs, including two on a seventh-inning home run. The victory was the Dodgers’ first of the season at AT&T; Park.

Kemp won’t be in the lineup Saturday, as the pain he felt required him to receive a cortisone injection. But he didn’t rule out playing Sunday, and Manager Don Mattingly said the team’s medical staff doesn’t think he is in danger of landing on the disabled list again.

“Right now, I feel good,” Kemp said. “Cortisone is great.”

Even if Kemp has to miss more than a couple of games, the Dodgers have sufficient cover in the outfield, as Carl Crawford was reinstated from the disabled list before the game. Crawford pinch hit for Kemp in the third inning.

Kemp was injured missing a ball in the second inning, immediately after which he grabbed his shoulder.

“It was very scary,” Kemp said. “I’ve never felt anything like that in my shoulder before,” he said.

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Kemp was visited outside of the batter’s box by trainer Sue Falsone and Manager Don Mattingly but remained in game. He drew a walk in that at-bat and later scored on a bases-clearing triple by Uribe that increased the Dodgers’ lead to 7-1. Uribe capped the six-run inning against Giants ace Matt Cain by scoring on a single by pitcher Hyun-Jin Ryu.

Kemp played in center field in the bottom half of the inning but was replaced by Crawford in the top of the third.

With or without Kemp, the Dodgers remained locked in at the plate. Cain made his shortest start of the year, lasting only 2 1/3 innings. He was charged with eight runs, six hits and four walks.

Uribe reversed a 1-0 deficit in the first inning, as his two-run double to left field gave the Dodgers a lead they would never relinquish.

The Dodgers put the game out of reach in the following inning. Hanley Ramirez drove in the first run of the decisive surge, as his single to center scored Yasiel Puig and extended his hitting streak to 16 games. The streak is tied for the longest of Ramirez’s career. The previous time he hit in as many consecutive games was in 2009, when he won the National League batting title in 2009.

The deluge of runs was more than enough for Ryu, who earned his first victory since May 28. Ryu pitched 62/3 innings, limiting the Giants to two runs and four hits.

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“Our offense got hot early and that gave me a different type of confidence,” Ryu said through a translator.

dylan.hernandez@latimes.com

Twitter: @dylanohernandez

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