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LOS ANGELES -- After losing his no-hit bid with one out to go, Matt Moore just smiled.The San Francisco lefty gave up a soft, clean single to Corey Seager with two outs in the ninth inning, and the Giants beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 4-0 Thursday night.Giving up a base hit right there is a part of the game, Moore said. It was a fun ride all the way up until that point ... theres not a lot to be angry about. I think the smile just kind of came out.Moores try ended on his 133rd pitch. It was Seager Bobblehead Night at Dodger Stadium, and a sellout crowd cheered Moore after the ball plopped onto the grass in shallow right field.Moore was pulled immediately. Giants manager Bruce Bochy had been pacing in the dugout for a couple of innings as Moores pitch count climbed -- he missed most of the last two seasons after Tommy John surgery.He was excited to have a chance at it. He was very grateful and said, `thanks, I appreciate you giving me a chance, Bochy said. He didnt show any signs of frustration or disappointing end to give up a hit there. He pitched his heart out.Asked about his emotions in getting the hit to break up the no-hitter, Seager said: Not much. Its one of those things where you dont ever want that to happen. Like I said, we won the series, and youre still happy about that.Giants center fielder Denard Span sprinted for two outstanding catches, including a leadoff grab in the ninth, to give Moore a chance.Bochy said he was concerned about Moores pitch count, but Moore had told him he felt great.He had everything working tonight, Bochy said. He saved us from getting swept. It was the biggest game all year.Moore earned his first win for the Giants since they got him in a trade with Tampa Bay on Aug. 1. The victory moved the Giants within two games of the NL West-leading Dodgers.The 27-year-old Moore nearly gave San Francisco a major league record five straight years with a no-hitter. And he almost became the first Giants pitcher to no-hit the archrival Dodgers since 1915, when New Yorks Rube Marquard stopped Brooklyn.Moore struck out seven and walked three. Reliever Santiago Casilla needed just one pitch to get the final out.Moore retired 14 straight batters at one stretch and is now 1/3 in five starts for the Giants. He was 7-7 with the Rays when they dealt him at the trading deadline for infielder Matt Duffy and two minor leaguers.This was Moores 99th start in the majors, and his only previous complete game was a shutout. He came close to doubling that total, and a lot more.Reigning NL Cy Young winner Jake Arrieta of the Cubs remains the only pitcher with a no-hitter this year, doing it at Cincinnati in April.Ross Stripling (3-5) took the loss. In his major league debut earlier this year, he held the Giants hitless for 7 1/3 innings in San Francisco, but then manager Dave Roberts relieved him because of a pitch count.The Dodgers won two of three games and didnt allow the no-hitter, something positive they can take from the game.I think in some weird way, it does, Roberts said. They really wanted this game to salvage the series. I think theres a little something that salvages it for us in a strange way.Obviously, they still got the victory, and well be ready tomorrow.Joe Panik hit a two-run homer for a 3-0 lead in the fourth.Span ran a long way into the left-center field gap in the second inning, reaching below his knee to catch a slicing drive by Adrian Gonzalez near the warning track.In the ninth, Span rushed over to grab a sinking liner by Enrique Hernandez. Moore tipped his cap to the center fielder for the effort.The Giants remain tied with the Dodgers for the most consecutive years with a no-hitter. Chris Heston threw one last year for San Francisco, Tim Lincecum did it in 2014 and also 2013 -- with 148 pitches -- and Matt Cain had a perfect game in 2012.The Dodgers threw them from 1962-65, all by Sandy Koufax.TRAINERS ROOMDodgers: Andre Ethier (broken right tibia) began a rehab assignment at Single-A Rancho Cucamonga on Thursday.UP NEXTGiants: Jeff Samardzija (10-9, 4.17) starts the series opener at home against the Braves. He took a no-hitter into the seventh inning against the Mets on Sunday, the longest such bid of his career. Samardzija is 2-2 with a 2.92 ERA in five starts lifetime against Atlanta. Braves starter Joel De La Cruz (0-6, 4.47) will be face the Giants for the first time.Dodgers: RHP Bud Norris (6-10, 4.69) will start the series opener against the Cubs. He is 5-5 with a 3.39 ERA in 12 career games vs. Chicago. He has a win against the Cubs when he was with the Braves earlier this year. The Cubs will start LHP Mike Montgomery (1-1, 2.77). 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Or, in other words, the two teams would appear to have at least spoken. And spoken is defined as one calling the other to inquire, no more, no less. Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision that could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next months Games in Rio de Janeiro.The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal of 68 Russian athletes seeking to overturn the ban imposed by the IAAF following allegations of state-sponsored doping and cover-ups.Todays judgment has created a level playing field for athletes, world track and fields governing body said in a statement.However, the arbitration court ruling did not necessarily settle the matter for good. The court stressed the decision is not binding on the International Olympic Committee, which has the final say as the supreme organizer of the Games.The door is open for the IOC to decide, to determine even on a case-by-case principle, whether these athletes are eligible or not, CAS general secretary Matthieu Reeb told reporters outside the court headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland.The IOC said it would study and analyze the full decision and make its final ruling on the participation of Russian athletes in the coming days. The Olympics open in Rio on Aug. 5.CAS upheld the validity of the IAAF ban, saying a country whose national federation is suspended is ineligible from entering international competitions, including the Olympics.The three-person panel ruled that the Russian Olympic Committee is not entitled to nominate Russian track and field athletes to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games considering that they are not eligible to participate under the IAAF competition rules.The Russians argued against a collective ban of its track athletes, saying it punishes those who have not been accused of wrongdoing.IAAF president Sebastian Coe said it was not a day for triumphant statements.I didnt come into this sport to stop athletes from competing, he said. It is our federations instinctive desire to include, not exclude.In Russia, two-time Olympic pole vault champion Yelena Isinbayeva -- who attended Tuesdays hearing at CAS -- said the decision to uphold the ban on the track and field team represents the funeral of her sport.Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko also lashed out at the ruling.In my view, its a subjective decision, somewhat political and one with no legal basis, he was quoted as saying by Tass news agency.Mutko said the countrys athletes who are banned could go to a civil court to try to overturn the ban.Pole vault world-record holder Yelena Isinbayeva said the ban means the Games will be devalued with only pseudo-gold medals available.Hammer thrower Sergey Litvinov, who was on Russias track and field team for next months Olympics, told The Associated Press he is very sad to miss the Games but hopes the teams ban will mean more serious reforms.Litvinov, who was fifth at last years world championships, said Russian athletics officials failed to act on doping in time and hopes that this situation can encourage the management to continue reforms.I want all [doping] systems to be shut down, Litvinov said. Not just ours, but all of them.CAS said it had no jurisdiction over whether the IOC can accept or refuse the entry of Russian track and field athletes, either those representingg their country or competing as neutral athletes.dddddddddddd.Reeb said the Russians have the right to appeal to the Swiss federal tribunal within 30 days. However, an appeal can be only on procedural grounds, not the merits of the decision, he said.The IOC last month accepted the IAAF decision to extend a November ban on the Russian track team. In a telephone interview with the AP and two other international news agencies last week, Bach was asked whether the IOC would accept the CAS ruling if it upheld the IAAF ban. Bach replied: Yes.The IOC executive board said Tuesday it would explore the legal options for a possible total ban on Russia but would wait until after the CAS ruling before making a final decision. The IOC has scheduled another board meeting on Sunday to consider the issue.The World Anti-Doping Agency and other doping bodies have called on the IOC to consider the unprecedented step of kicking out the entire Russian contingent following new allegations of a vast government-organized doping program.Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren, who was commissioned by WADA, issued a report Monday that accused Russias sports ministry of orchestrating a doping system that affected 28 summer and winter Olympic sports.Former WADA president John Fahey said Thursday that it was clear-cut that Russia should not be allowed at this years Olympics.The McLaren report makes it abundantly clear that if they want to safeguard the integrity of the Olympic Games, they need to ban Russia, Fahey said. To have Russia there will put into jeopardy the worlds view of the Olympics.Reeb said the ROC has selected the 68 track and field athletes as part of its Olympic team for Rio.Now it is for the International Olympic Committee to determine if these athletes can be confirmed or not, he said. In the opinion of CAS, because the national federation is suspended, normally these athletes should not compete in Rio, but the IOC was not a party in these conversations and our decision is not binding on the IOC.According to the Olympic Charter, they could have the last word who could participate in the Olympic Games because the IOC is the main organizer of the Olympic Games, he added.Reeb said the CAS panel expressed some concern over the IAAF rule adopted last month that allowed for Russian athletes who have been subjected to regular anti-doping tests outside Russia to apply for exemptions to compete as neutral athletes in Rio.Two athletes -- Yulia Stepanova, an 800-meter runner and key whistleblower in exposing Russian doping, and Florida-based long jumper Darya Klishina -- are the only ones who have received IAAF eligibility.CAS said the rule, adopted June 17, left practically no possibility for the athletes to comply with the criteria.In one month the timing was very short, so this is a possibility for interpretation by the IOC, Reeb said.ROC president Alexander Zhukov has said he would not rule out legal action if Russia is hit with a total ban from the Games.?Russia has the right to appeal to the Swiss federal tribunal within 30 days.The Associated Press contributed to this report. 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