Trio of first-inning home runs off Yu Darvish clinches series, moves streak to 14 of 15
None of it matters — the mountain of quality starts, the NL MVP-contending chops of Manny Machado, clawing to keep pace without Fernando Tatis Jr. — unless the Padres find a way to beat the Dodgers.Los Angeles is the undeniable measuring stick in the NL West. Some swear each game is just one of 162, right? Nonsense. Not when it’s the Dodgers. Not while floundering in head-to-head meetings to the absurd tune of losing 14 of the last 15.
The Dodgers are missing Mookie Betts, Walker Buehler and Dustin May … and find a way. The Padres are missing Tatis with a hobbled Machado … and, in this series, keep trying to find a clue. The Dodgers kept piling on runs, each inning through the third. The Padres finished just 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position and 3-for-21 in the series with a game to go.
When the Padres managed their first run on Grisham’s sacrifice fly in the seventh, the Dodgers answered with two in the bottom of the inning.“We’ve got to hit,” said Luke Voit, who homered and doubled while playing first base. “We’re not hitting very well right now. Our pitchers are giving us really good, quality starts and we’re only putting up one or two runs a game. It’s up to me and some of the other guys to pick it up.
Can this be turned around? It can, of course. The Padres won seven of the first 10 in 2021, before a freefall of nine straight losses. The return of Tatis, whenever that comes, completely changes the lineup and adds massive protection for others.
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