LOS ANGELES — A few former MVPs powered the Los Angeles Dodgers to a division win.

Mookie Betts and Freddie Freeman homered back-to-back to regain the lead within the seventh inning, and the NL West leaders defeated the San Diego Padres 4-2 on Friday evening for his or her third straight victory.

“That’s why they’re superstars,” Dodgers supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned. “Every time they get up to bat they can change the game.”

The Padres rallied to tie the sport 2-all with two outs within the high of the seventh. Ha-Seong Kim doubled to left area 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 adopted with a 370-foot drive to proper off Tim Hill (1-1) for a 4-2 lead.

“Mookie hitting a home run just kind of energizes everyone,” Freeman mentioned. “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.”

PHOTOS: Betts, Freeman homer back-to-back, raise Dodgers to 4-2 win over Padres

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

May retired his first 10 batters towards a San Diego lineup that included 5 left-handed hitters. The right-hander allowed two runs and 5 hits in 6 2/3 innings.

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

“It was big to step up in that moment,” Phillips mentioned. “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 start the third. Freeman adopted with a double to proper, giving the Dodgers a 2-0 lead.

Snell didn’t have his first 1-2-3 inning till the sixth, and by then the left-hander had thrown 101 pitches to conclude his outing. He gave up two runs and 4 hits, struck out 4 and walked 4.

The Padres dropped beneath .500, having misplaced three in a row and 5 of six.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Padres: C Luis Campusano had surgical procedure on his sprained left thumb. He’ll be out at the very least eight weeks.

Dodgers: RHP Noah Syndergaard will throw a bullpen Saturday with the minimize on his proper index finger coated 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 mentioned. Syndergaard left his begin Tuesday in Milwaukee after one inning due to the minimize, which left blood on the ball. He threw on Friday. … Los Angeles reinstated J.D. Martinez from the injured checklist after he missed 15 video games with decrease again tightness. … Ferguson was activated off the paternity checklist, the fifth Dodgers participant who had a child throughout the first 1 1/2 months of the season.

UP NEXT

Padres: RHP Joe Musgrove (1-0, 6.75 ERA) faces LA for the second straight begin. He allowed one run and two hits in 5 innings whereas putting out 5 in a 5-2 loss final weekend.

Dodgers: LHP Julio Urías (4-3, 3.77) is 6-1 in 16 profession video games (11 begins) towards the Padres.

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