SAN DIEGO — Mookie Betts hit a game-tying homer with two outs within the ninth inning and James Outman hit a two-run shot within the tenth to offer the Los Angeles Dodgers a 5-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

“I was just looking for something that was hittable. … I didn’t really think I got it, to be honest,” Outman stated of his homer. “It was an important series for us.”

The Dodgers received two of three video games within the sequence within the first assembly between the groups because the Padres shocked Los Angeles within the NL Division Series in October.

With the Padres main 2-1, San Diego reliever Josh Hader obtained two outs earlier than Betts homered over the left-center discipline fence to tie the sport.

“I wasn’t sure what was going to happen. As I saw him (Padres left-fielder Juan Soto) running I thought it had a chance and fortunately it went over,” Betts stated of his game-tying residence run. “He (Hader) threw it over the plate and I was able to just put a good swing on it. That was a tough at-bat.”

In the tenth, Michael Busch drove within the go-ahead run forward of Outman’s shot.

PHOTOS: Betts, Outman homer as Dodgers stun Padres 5-2

“Just trying to be aggressive and put the ball in play,” Busch stated of his game-winning hit. “There is nothing like it, it is pretty sweet to help this team get a win, especially in a place like this, where it is tough to win.”

Dodgers reliever Caleb Ferguson (2-0) earned the win and Evan Phillips earned his fifth save with a scoreless tenth inning. Brent Honeywell (2-1), who pitched the tenth inning for San Diego, took the loss.

Manny Machado had three hits and an RBI for the Padres. Fernando Tatis Jr. had a double and made a spectacular sliding catch within the second inning to rob Max Muncy of successful.

Padres starter Joe Musgrove was sharper in his third begin of the season then his first two begins. He gave up one run and three hits in 5 innings whereas putting out 5.

The Dodgers knocked him out within the sixth after Will Smith doubled to drive in Freddie Freeman, who reached second on a two-base error by San Diego left fielder Juan Soto.

Padres’ relievers Tim Hill and Steven Wilson mixed for the three outs within the inning with out permitting the tying Dodgers run. The Padres slim held up till the fateful ninth inning.

The Padres jumped on Dodgers starter Julio Urias within the first inning. Tatis and Machado hit consecutive doubles to offer San Diego a 1-0 lead. Later within the inning, Xander Bogaerts hit a ball up in opposition to the wall in right-field that Betts obtained his glove on however couldn't haul in for a 2-0 San Diego lead.

The Padres’ slim lead held up till the fateful ninth inning.

“I mean, it’s baseball, right? I think I made, you know, obviously one mistake, but getting behind as well,” Hader stated of the Betts homer. “You don’t put yourself in a good favor when you fall behind to a good hitter like that.”

Padres supervisor Bob Melvin concurred: “It’s gonna happen sometimes. Hader’s been absolutely fantastic, and he had one more out to get, and Mookie Betts is a tough customer.”

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The final time the Padres received a daily season residence sequence in opposition to the Dodgers at Petco Park was once they swept them in three video games from June 21-23, 2021. Since then, San Diego has misplaced all 4 sequence versus Los Angeles. In the common season since August 24, 2021, the Padres have gone (6-25) in opposition to the Dodgers.

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