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LOS ANGELES — When the 2021 play was a caller happening conscionable six months ago, the Dodgers and San Diego Padres appeared to beryllium 2 teams heading successful the aforesaid direction.
They volition play each different doubly much this year, but thing volition alteration the facts laid bare connected a chill Tuesday nighttime astatine Dodger Stadium: lone 1 squad is playing retired the frayed extremity of a once-thick string.
The Dodgers won, 2-1, earlier an announced assemblage of 52,128 for their seventh consecutive triumph against the Padres. Walker Buehler delivered 7 shutout innings and did not let a deed until Eric Hosmer led disconnected the 5th inning with an infield single. Trea Turner went 3 for 5, raising his MLB-leading batting mean to .325. And the Dodgers took vantage of 2 Padres errors, sending them to their 4th consecutive loss.
Doubles by Mookie Betts and Turner successful the archetypal inning allowed the Dodgers to people archetypal against erstwhile teammate Yu Darvish (8-11). Turner besides led disconnected the 3rd inning with a single, past scored erstwhile AJ Pollock divided the outfield spread with a two-strike azygous of his own.
Turner was credited with a stolen basal – his 32nd of the play – erstwhile helium got into and retired of a rundown successful the archetypal inning.
That was capable discourtesy for Buehler (15-4). The right-hander walked 2 batters and struck retired five. He ran into occupation lone once, erstwhile a azygous and a locomotion enactment runners connected archetypal and 2nd with 1 out. But Buehler came backmost to induce a double-play groundout from MVP campaigner Fernando Tatís Jr., ending the inning.
Buehler ended a streak of 5 starts successful which his ERA roseate from an MLB-leading 2.02 connected Aug. 25.
Joe Kelly pitched a scoreless eighth inning earlier handing the shot to Blake Treinen successful the ninth. A towering location tally by Jake Cronenworth into the close tract pavilion gave San Diego its lone run; a locomotion to Hosmer enactment the tying tally connected base.
Ha-Seong Kim pinch ran for Hosmer and stole 2nd base, but Treinen came backmost to onslaught retired Tommy Pham to extremity the crippled and person his seventh prevention this season.
The first-place San Francisco Giants defeated Arizona Diamondbacks, 6-4, preserving their two-game pb successful the National League West race. The Giants (103-54) and the Dodgers (101-56) each person 5 games remaining successful the regular season.
A trendy prime to spell acold successful the postseason erstwhile the twelvemonth began, San Diego (78-78) has not spent a time nether .500 each season. That could alteration Wednesday.
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