SAN DIEGO (AP) – Chris Taylor and pinch-hitter J.D. Martinez drew consecutive bases-loaded walks throughout a Padres bullpen meltdown within the five-run eighth inning that lifted the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers to a 10-5 win Friday night time, their sixth straight victory in opposition to San Diego.
The Dodgers gained their fourth straight sport general and stored the Padres from reaching .500 for the primary time since May 11. Since shedding 5-2 to the Padres on May 5, the Dodgers have outscored the Padres 29-12 within the six straight wins.
Rookie heart fielder James Outman had a giant sport for the Dodgers, robbing star Fernando Tatis Jr. of a homer with a spectacular leaping catch after which connecting for his thirteenth homer.
Ryan Brasier (3-0) obtained the win and Evan Phillips earned his 14th save.
Robert Suarez (1-1) allowed 5 runs on two hits and three walks whereas getting simply two outs on a career-high 33 pitches within the eighth. Kiké Hernàndez hit a leadoff single and Mookie Betts walked earlier than Suarez retired Freddie Freeman and Will Smith, however that’s when the difficulty began.
David Peralta singled to tie the sport at 3 and Jason Heyward was deliberately walked to load the bases. Taylor drew a stroll to usher in Betts with the go-ahead run and chase Suarez. Tom Cosgrove got here on and walked Martinez and Amed Rosario adopted with a two-run single to proper to make it 7-3.
“I think it’s a byproduct of experience,” supervisor Dave Roberts stated in regards to the Dodgers getting 4 walks within the eighth. “When you’re drained and skilled, you’ll be able to form of not panic, and you’ll see that within the later innings, the place these guys have gotten to throw the baseball over the plate and in the event that they don’t, we’ll take our 90 toes.
“It’s a resilient club,” Roberts added. “We hung in there and we got to Suarez, which was big, and got to the lefty, Cosgrove. … The first six innings we were sort of lifeless, a credit to Yu (Darvish) and then after that we picked up.”
The Dodgers scored three extra runs within the ninth off newcomer Scott Barlow, with Taylor hitting an RBI single, Peralta a sacrifice fly and Will Smith an RBI double.
There was a tense second within the fifth when Tatis hit the deck on a high-and-tight pitch from Joe Kelly that hit the knob of the bat and despatched it flying. Tatis swatted his helmet away in anger after which struck out trying on a 100 mph pitch down the center. Kelly then muttered an expletive.
Outman made a spectacular leaping catch to rob Tatis of a house run within the first and Tatis then watched as Outman’s thirteenth homer of the season sailed deep into the precise subject seats for a 1-0 lead within the second. Tatis made a formidable working catch of Betts’ fly ball within the third.
“He’s amazing out there,” rookie starter Bobby Miller stated of Outman. “Everyone on our team is always making great plays out there but James, he’s always doing something crazy out there whenever I’m pitching.”
The Padres wasted a robust effort by Yu Darvish, who held the Dodgers to 2 runs and fifth hits in seven innings whereas putting out 4 and strolling one.
Miller didn’t make it out of the fourth, when the Padres went forward on Luis Campusano’s single and Will Smith’s handed ball that allowed Choi to attain for a 2-1 lead. Choi was obtained from Pittsburgh on Tuesday together with left-hander Rich Hill.
In the second, Miller allowed Xander Bogaerts’ leadoff single and Jake Cronenworth’s double earlier than putting out Choi and retiring Luis Campusano and Trent Grisham.
Miller allowed two runs, one earned, and 6 hits in 3 2/3 innings.
Grisham’s RBI single off Alex Vesia within the sixth gave the Padres a 3-1 lead. Outman hit an RBI single within the seventh to tug the Dodgers inside a run.
San Diego’s Juan Soto homered within the ninth, his twenty fourth.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Padres: Placed RHP Joe Musgrove on the 15-day injured checklist, retroactive to Monday, with proper shoulder capsule irritation. Reinstated INF Eguy Rosario from the 60-day IL and optioned him to Triple-A El Paso. Added LHP Rich Hill to the lively roster.
UP NEXT
Dodgers RHP Michael Grove (2-3, 6.75 ERA) and Padres LHP Blake Snell (8-8, 2.50), MLB’s ERA chief, are scheduled to start out Saturday night time.
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