LOS ANGELES -- It was drama in bitter Dodgers-Giants tradition: a beaning that sent former Giant Jeff Kent to the hospital, an apparent retaliation drilling of former teammate Barry Bonds, a Dodgers pitcher ejected and likely to be suspended.

The postgame of the Giants' 2-0 Easter Sunday victory naturally focused on Kent and Bonds. Kent, hit on the left side of the helmet by a Brad Hennessey fastball, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital for a CT scan that was "normal." He suffered a contusion to the side of his head and a mild concussion and is listed as day-to-day. But he also was to see an ophthalmologist Monday after complaining of "cloudiness" in his left eye immediately after being hit.

"I was scared to death," said manager Grady Little.

Payback seemed to follow quickly. Bonds, a lightning rod for controversy on and off the field, was drilled by rookie reliever Tim Hamulack leading off the following inning. Hamulack was ejected for what was ruled intentional retaliation, although he claimed that Bonds turned into the pitch. Nonetheless, the reliever faces a likely suspension.

Here's how it unfolded. After a J.D. Drew walk leading off the seventh inning, Hennessey nailed Kent. The ball bounced to the warning track in front of the Giants dugout, and Kent went down at the plate stunned. He sat up for a minute, walked off under his own power and was taken to the hospital. The Dodgers wound up loading the bases without scoring.

Bonds led off the top of the eighth inning, took the first pitch for a strike and was struck on the right arm with the second pitch.

"I was trying to throw away and opened up too soon and it slipped," said Hamulack. "The last time he got out of the way. This time he just turned into it."

Plate umpire Lance Barksdale immediately ejected Hamulack, ruling the pitch intentional, and will send a report reflecting that opinion to Bob Watson, baseball's disciplinarian.

"No doubt," Barksdale said when asked if the pitch was intentional. "With Kent hit in the head, the very first hitter the next inning -- yes, it was."

Navarro, who set up outside, argued, as did Little.

"Any time the umpire throws you out, he's announcing it's deliberate, and that's where we disagree," said Little.

The controversy had little to do with the outcome in which the story behind the story for the Dodgers was a weekend with little offense. After averaging 7.5 runs over the first 10 games, the Dodgers scored only four in this series and were shut out for the first time this year, wasting a quality start from Jae Seo. After allowing three home runs in his previous start against the Pirates, Seo pitched six innings and allowed two runs, one on a balk when he said he misread catcher Dioner Navarro's signal.

The game started to unravel on the Dodgers in the sixth inning, when Seo allowed a double to Omar Vizquel, who was singled to third by Mark Sweeney. With an 0-2 count to Bonds and first baseman James Loney playing behind the runner, Seo misread a fastball sign for a pickoff. He wheeled to throw to first base, tried to stop in mid-motion when he realized nobody was there for the throw and bounced the ball to Loney. Crew chief Jim Joyce called the balk.

Little called it "a brain cramp." Seo called it a missed sign. Two outs later, Ray Durham singled home Sweeney for the only other run.

Meanwhile, the Dodgers were doing little with Hennessey and, when they did threaten, fell victim to the genius of Vizquel, the 10-time Gold Glove shortstop. They had an infield single by Drew in the first inning, a bloop single by Seo in the third and their final hit was a single by Cody Ross in the sixth, which Rafael Furcal followed with a walk.

Kenny Lofton then tapped a ball to second baseman Durham, too slow for Vizquel to double up Lofton after taking the flip. But that didn't mean he couldn't get a double play. Without any hesitation, Vizquel did a 270-degree spin and fired to third base, where the rookie Ross had just rounded the bag and was nailed.

"A great play by a great player," said third-base coach Rich Donnelly. "I've seen Ozzie Smith do it. You don't have all those Gold Gloves for nothing. With a guy like him, you can't take your eye off the ball."

There would be more Dodgers opportunities in the seventh and eighth innings. After Drew's walk leading off the seventh and the beaning of Kent, Little had No. 5 hitter Jose Cruz Jr. bunt the runners over.

"We'll do that a lot," he said of the strategy.

Bill Mueller walked on four pitches to load the bases and bring on reliever Steve Kline, who struck out pinch-hitter Ricky Ledee and got Navarro on a fly to short right field. The Dodgers had two runners on via walks in the eighth and two out, but the inning ended with Ramon Martinez, batting in Kent's spot, popping up. The Dodgers finished the game 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position.