San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers

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San Diego Padres

19-20, 9-9 Away

Final
2 - 4

Los Angeles Dodgers

24-15, 13-6 Home

Betts, Freeman homer back-to-back, lift Dodgers to 4-2 win over Padres

Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman homered back-to-back to regain the lead in the seventh inning, and the NL West leaders defeated the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Friday night for their third straight victory.

“That's why they're superstars,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “Every time they get up to bat they can change the game.”

The Padres rallied to tie the game 2-all with two outs in the top of the seventh. Ha-Seong Kim doubled to left field off starter Dustin May, scoring Xander Bogaerts and pinch-runner Rougned Odor.

With one out, Betts hit a 426-foot shot to left and Freeman followed with a 370-foot drive to right off Tim Hill (1-1) for a 4-2 lead.

“Mookie hitting a home run just kind of energizes everyone," Freeman said. "That's just showing who we are the last two weeks. It was overall a great performance. We've been playing good baseball the last couple weeks.”

Caleb Ferguson (3-0) got two outs for the win.

May retired his first 10 batters against a San Diego lineup that included five left-handed hitters. The right-hander allowed two runs and five hits in 6 2/3 innings.

Evan Phillips pitched 1 1/3 innings to earn his seventh save. He got Manny Machado to ground into an inning-ending double play in the eighth.

“It was big to step up in that moment,” Phillips said. “It feels good to get us out of a jam like that.”

Padres starter Blake Snell issued consecutive walks to Trayce Thompson and Betts to begin the third. Freeman followed with a double to right, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.

Snell didn't have his first 1-2-3 inning until the sixth, and by then the left-hander had thrown 101 pitches to conclude his outing. He gave up two runs and four hits, struck out four and walked four.

The Padres dropped below .500, having lost three in a row and five of six.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Padres: C Luis Campusano had surgery on his sprained left thumb. He'll be out at least eight weeks.

Dodgers: RHP Noah Syndergaard will throw a bullpen Saturday with the cut on his right index finger covered with an adhesive product. “If he can get out of that, I don't see why he wouldn't make his start on Monday,” Roberts said. Syndergaard left his start Tuesday in Milwaukee after one inning because of the cut, which left blood on the ball. He threw on Friday. ... Los Angeles reinstated J.D. Martinez from the injured list after he missed 15 games with lower back tightness. ... Ferguson was activated off the paternity list, the fifth Dodgers player who had a baby within the first 1 1/2 months of the season.

Padres: RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 6.75 ERA) faces LA for the second straight start. He allowed one run and two hits in five innings while striking out five in a 5-2 loss last weekend.

Dodgers: LHP Julio Urías (4-3, 3.77) is 6-1 in 16 career games (11 starts) against the Padres.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Kim struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Odor singled to right.
	9th Inning	Bogaerts struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Soto flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Thompson in left field.
	9th Inning	Outman in center field.

Statistics

SD		LAD
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	6
2	Runs Batted In	4
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	6
1	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	4
2	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	14
34	Plate Appearances	34
0.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
3	Extra Base Hits	4
2.3	Runs Created	4.0
.242	Batting Average	.200
1.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.333	Slugging Percentage	.467
.152	Secondary Average	.400
.265	On Base Percentage	.294
.598	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.761
1.2	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.3
23.0	Batter Rating	32.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	15.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.50	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.85
.091	Isolated Power	.267
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.67
.029	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.118
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.200
4.0	Runs Produced	8.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.2
74.5	MLB Rating	80.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0