The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres met for a second series at Petco Park this season, and third overall three-game set between the two clubs in 2016. The Dodgers swept the series in San Diego, outscoring the Padres 25-0 in the process.
Christian Friedrich battled command issues in the first inning, walking Justin Turner with one out and later giving up a two-out single to Howie Kendrick. Trayce Thompson then drew a four-pitch walk to load the bases, but nothing came of it as Yasiel Puig popped out.
Scott Kazmir retired the Padres in order in the bottom of the first, needing just eight pitches to do so. Kazmir opened the second inning with a strikeout of Melvin Upton Jr., then ran into some trouble.
Brett Wallace drew a walk and the Padres successfully challenged a called ball, which revealed Alexei Ramirez was hit by a pitch. After both runners advanced on a passed ball, Kazmir struck out Jose Pirela swinging.
Adam Rosales was intentionally walked and the decision backfired as Friedrich helped his cause with a two-run single to center. The runs scored were the Padres’ first against the Dodgers in 28 innings at Petco Park this season.
Jon Jay worked a walk to load the bases a second time in the inning, though Kazmir managed to escape the jam with a strikeout of Derek Norris.
Kiké Hernandez led off the third inning with a double to left-center field. He came to around to score on Corey Seager’s one-out double that carried over Pirela’s head in right field to cut the Padres’ lead to 2-1.
The double extended Seager’s hitting streak to 11 games, matching his career high. Kazmir picked up his fourth strikeout of the game and worked around a two-out walk to throw a scoreless third inning.
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Puig led off the fourth inning with a single to left field on the first pitch he saw. With Puig off on the pitch, he scored on Yasmani Grandal’s double to left-center field that Upton Jr. manage to cut off.
A.J. Ellis’ base hit put runners on the corners, and Friedrich was replaced by Carlos Villanueva after walking Hernandez to load the bases with one out. Turner lined a pitch off Villanueva’s glove that resulted in a force out at home plate.
Seager then made solid contact, only to hit it right at Rosales, who made the play to end the inning. Kazmir issued a one-out walk before managing to get out of the fourth with the game still tied at 2-2.
Following a Trayce Thompson single in the fifth inning, Puig connected for an opposite-field two-run homer that gave the Dodgers a 4-2 lead. The Padres quickly managed to get a run back, with Norris leading off the bottom of the fifth with a solo shot.
Kazmir issued his seventh walk of the game with one out in the sixth inning, setting a new career high. Of his seven walks, three were to Rosales and three to Wallace. The free pass cost Kazmir and the Dodgers, as pinch-hitter Christian Bethancourt put the Padres ahead with a two-run homer.
After a Jay grounder, Louis Coleman took over and needed just one pitch to record the final out of the inning. Puig and Grandal both struck out swinging after Thompson drew a one-out walk in the seventh.
Carl Crawford pinch-hit for Hernandez with two outs in the eighth and lined a base hit into center field. Turner followed with an opposite-field two-run homer that gave the Dodgers a 6-5 lead.
Pedro Baez allowed a two-out ground rule double in the bottom of the eighth, then exited with Kendrick as part of a double switch that brought on Kenley Jansen and Adrian Gonzalez. Jansen struck out Norris to end the inning but failed to convert the four-out save as he gave up a leadoff single in the ninth, followed by a walk-off home run to Upton Jr.