SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 11 (UPI) -- Brian Jordan capped a four-run sixth inning with a three-run homer and Hideo Nomo remained perfect in San Francisco Wednesday as the Los Angeles Dodgers drew even in the National League wild card race with a 7-3 victory over the Giants.
Los Angeles hit for the cycle to start the sixth with Jordan producing his 15th homer off Kirk Rueter for a 6-2 lead. Jordan finished with four RBI.
Nomo pitched 6 2/3 strong innings for the Dodgers, who salvaged the finale of the three-game series and snapped a four-game skid. The last two setbacks dropped them a game behind their biggest rival for the NL wild card.
The Giants had won five straight and 17 of 22.
The teams conclude the season series with a four-game set in Los Angeles, beginning Monday.
Nomo (14-6) won his fifth straight decision and improved to 8-0 in San Francisco. He threw 132 pitches, giving up two runs and six hits with five walks and eight strikeouts in 6 2/3 innings. The Dodgers have won each of his last seven starts.
Four pitchers combined on an eight-hitter for Los Angeles. The Giants went hitless between Tom Goodwin's one-out single in the third and Rich Aurilia's one-out double in the ninth.
Rueter (12-8) went 2-0 with a 0.33 ERA in his previous four starts before yielding six runs in four-plus innings.
To honor the one-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a sign on the centerfield scoreboard before the game read, "9.11.01 - We will never forget."
Instead of a ceremonial first pitch, a ball was placed on the mound by a man whose father died in the attacks.
