Nestor Cortes pitched 6 dominant innings, Xander Bogaerts ripped a 2-run double, Ramon Laureano added a 2- run single, and the San Diego Padres took sole possession of 1st place in the National League West with a 5-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers at an electrified, sold-out Petco Park in beautiful downtown San Diego.
Cortes gave up just 1 hit while striking out 3 and walking none in 6 shutout innings in his best start since coming over from the Milwaukee Brewers at the trade deadline.
San Diego relievers Jason Adam, Jeremiah Estrada and Adrian Morejon closed it out from there, allowing only a solo home run by Alex Freeland (off Estrada in the 8th inning) in 3 innings of beautiful work.
Laureano’s bases-loaded single scored Ryan O’Hearn and Manny Machado in the 4th inning, as the Padres finally broke through after being no-hit for 3 innings by LA Starter Tyler Glasnow. Xander Bogaerts- who had walked- scored on Jake Cronenworth’s sacrifice fly that made it 3-0.
The Pads added 2 more in the 8th when Bogaerts drove in Fernando Tatis- who had walked and stolen 2nd- and Manny Machado- who was intentionally walked- to give the Padres the 5-1 lead.
The Padres are tied with the Chicago Cubs for the 3rd-best record in the NL, a game behind the Philadelphia Phillies, and 7 behind the NL & MLB-best Milwaukee Brewers.
***** ‘LIVE’ Instant Reaction from Jim “GRIES” Grieshaber
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The Pads and Dodgers wrap up this 3-game series tomorrow at Petco Park, with 1st pitch set for 1:10pm PT.
Nick Pivetta (13-4, 2.81 ERA) will start for the Padres, looking for the sweep against Yoshinobu Yamamoto (10-8, 2.90 ERA) and the Dodgers, which would give them a 2-game lead in the NL West.
We will be here right after the game with your PADRES POSTCAST, hosted by Jim "Gries" Grieshaber- 'LIVE' and FREE on YouTube right after the game, and uploaded wherever you get your audio content and ROKU right after the 'LIVE' show.
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