Ramirez moves into tie for 14th on career HR list with pinch-hit blast in 8th

All it took was one swing by Manny Ramirez against reliever Sergio Romo to waste Barry Zito's prime performance.

Ramirez hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning as a pinch-hitter, lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 victory over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday. It was his 548th home run, tying Mike Schmidt for 14th place on the career list.

"It's unbelievable," Dodgers shortstop Rafael Furcal said. "We didn't get a run last night, and we went 17 innings without scoring any runs. And then for Manny to come in and hitting a big home run like that, that's impressive. It's a great win for us."

The two-time defending NL West champion Dodgers were five outs away from being blanked for the second time in two days. On Saturday, two-time reigning Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum held them to four singles over six innings in a 9-0 win.

Ramirez, who didn't start for the second straight day because of tightness in his right calf, drove a 1-2 pitch from Romo (0-1) into the left field pavilion with one out after Zito walked pinch-hitter Garret Anderson to end his day