Manny Machado had 3 hits and drove in 5 runs, Luis Arraez had 3 hits and scored 4 times, Dylan Cease struck out 11 Dodgers, while allowing only 3 hits in 7 shutout innings, and the Padres smoked the Dodgers off the field in an 11-1 statement win at Petco Park.

After losing the series opener by a run in extra innings, the Padres took no chances in this one. They jumped on the Dodgers in the 3rd inning, scoring 3 times with the superstars leading the way. Fernando Tatís Junior led off with a walk, and scored on a double ripped to right field by Arraez. Machado then singled in Arraez, and Jackson Merrill tripled down the right field line to score Machado.

The Padres added a run in the 4th, one in the 5th, and 4 more in the 6th on a home run by Martin Maldonado, who drove in 2 runs, and a 2-run single off the bat of Xander Bogaerts.

San Diego went up 11-0 in the seventh on Machado's two-run single.

Michael Conforto’s RBI single put the Dodgers on the board in the 8th.

It was easily the best outing of the season for Cease, the dominant righty who finished 4th in Cy Young voting a year ago. This season has been a bit different, as he hadn’t won in his last 11 starts. Ceade has been prone to giving up the big inning, but tonight he escaped a bases-loaded jam in the 3rd and another harrowing inning in the 5th with inning-ending strikeouts.

The Dodgers have 14 pitchers on the injured list, so Matt Sauer (1-1, just up from the minors) got the start. Sauer struggled, throwing 111 pitches while giving up 9 runs on 13 hits.

Utilityman Kiké Hernández pitched the final 2 1/3 innings, allowing 3 hits and an earned run while throwing no pitch faster than 57 mph.

Machado's five RBI matched his career high.

***** ‘LIVE’ Instant Reaction from Jim “GRIES” Grieshaber

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The Pads and Dodgers wrap up their series today at Petco. 1st pitch is set for 1:10pm.

San Diego's Randy Vásquez (3-4, 3.69 ERA) will face the Dodgers’ Justin Wronleski.

Your PADRES POSTCAST- hosted by Jim GIES" Grieshaber- comes your way LIVE' right after the game.

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