The Dodgers began a game with the bases loaded and nobody out but failed to score when Ramon Laureano robbed Teoscar Hernandez of a potential grand slam, producing only a sac fly and two strikeouts. Nick Pivetta settled in and allowed just one walk over his next four innings, keeping the Padres competitive. Yoshinobu Yamamoto yielded a run when Jake Cronenworth singled and Elias Diaz drilled a mistake pitch for a homer to give the Padres a 2-1 lead. Yamamoto rebounded to retire several batters, but homers from Freddie Freeman and Dalton Rushing turned the game and fueled an 8-2 Dodgers victory to retake the NL West lead.
After dropping the first two games of the series, the last thing they needed was another game where it looked like one mistake by the pitcher was too much to overcome for an offense that started with the bases loaded and nobody out, but Freddie Freeman and Dalton Rushing came to the rescue with homers, and the Dodgers cruised in to the NL West lead again with a 8-2 victory.
After Teoscar Hernandez got ahead 3-1, he put a charge into a ball to center, but Ramon Laureano jumped to bring a grand slam back. That did get a run home with a sac fly for a 1-0 lead, but a pair of strikeouts followed to end the rally there. Unfortunately and perhaps predictably, that missed chance proved pivotal, as Pivetta settled down and allowed just a walk over his next four innings to get him through five.
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