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09/23 01:01 CDT Dodgers score 5 two-out runs off Padres starter Michael King in
7-0 victory
Dodgers score 5 two-out runs off Padres starter Michael King in 7-0 victory
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Tommy Edman and Will Smith homered as the Los Angeles
Dodgers scored six runs with two outs to beat the San Diego Padres 7-0 on
Tuesday night in a series opener between rivals with the two best records in
the majors this month.
The Dodgers (97-60) moved within one game of NL Central champion Milwaukee
(98-59) for the top mark in the big leagues and home-field advantage throughout
the postseason. However, the Brewers own the head-to-head tiebreaker.
Los Angeles needs one win or an Atlanta loss to clinch a first-round bye into a
National League Division Series.
The NL West champion Dodgers improved to 15-5 in September with their fifth
straight victory; the Padres fell to 14-5 and had their five-game winning
streak snapped.
San Diego is tied with Chicago and Philadelphia at 87-70 for the three NL wild
cards --- four games ahead of Arizona with five to play.
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado were a combined 1 for 7 with five
strikeouts for the Padres.
The Dodgers chased Michael King (12-10) after four innings in his career-high
32nd start of the season. The right-hander gave up five runs on six hits and
struck out five as his four-game winning streak ended.
Los Angeles broke out with four runs in the second. King got the first two outs
on six pitches before loading the bases. Teoscar Hernndez and rookie Josue De
Paula hit consecutive singles before King plunked Andy Pages, who just came off
the injured list.
King then issued back-to-back walks to Edman and Mookie Betts, forcing in two
runs. Freddie Freeman's two-run single made it 4-0.
Betts had a ground-rule double and scored on Freeman's two-out single for a 5-0
lead in the fourth.
Edman's solo shot came with two outs in the sixth and Smith added a 396-foot
drive with one out in the seventh for a 7-0 lead.
Brock Stewart started a bullpen game and Justin Wrobleski (12-5) got the win
for the Dodgers, who used eight pitchers to earn the fifth shutout in franchise
history when deploying at least that many.
Among them was reliever Edwin Daz, who struck out two in one inning. Roki
Sasaki's four-seam fastball touched 100 mph while he pitched one inning. The
Japanese right-hander came off the injured list earlier Tuesday after missing
nearly a month with a blister on his right middle finger.
Up next
Padres LHP Robbie Ray (13-8, 3.60 ERA) starts Wednesday against Dodgers RHP
Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-8, 2.51).
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This story has been corrected to show the Dodgers scored six runs with two
outs, not five.
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