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Against the Padres, Teoscar Hernandez’s Grand Slam lifts the Dodgers to victory……………………..
The Los Angeles Dodgers resumed their winning streak Thursday night with a 5-0 victory over the San Diego Padres, securing a rubber match for Sunday.
Both of the starting pitchers had strong outings; Matt Waldron restrained the Dodgers’ offence, and James Paxton had what may have been his greatest start since joining the team.
Paxton gave up only four hits and recorded four strikeouts in six scoreless innings of work. The fact that he didn’t walk a single batter, which has been a problem for him this season, is arguably most noteworthy.
The Big Maple has now made back-to-back excellent starts against the Atlanta Braves, pitching 6.2 innings while allowing just one run. After 38.1 innings, he has a 2.58 ERA and counting.
Waldron pitched 5.1 innings, striking out six and walking two while giving up two runs on two hits. After Freddie Freeman hit a single home run in the first inning to score the game’s first run, the knuckleballer started to become comfortable.
After retiring Freeman but walking Will Smith and Max Muncy to load the bases with two outs in the sixth inning, Adrian Morejon relieved Waldron, who had walked Shohei Ohtani to start a rally with one out.
The Padres made a mistake when they brought in Enyel De Los Santos to face Teoscar Hernández; the veteran slugger promptly crushed a no-doubt grand slam to put the Dodgers ahead 5-0. Hernandez continues to knock in runs for the Dodgers with his 11th home run and 33rd RBI of the year.
That concluded the game’s scoring. After Paxton was replaced, Gus Varland worked the seventh, Ryan Yarbrough the eighth, and J.P. Feyereisen the nine.
Dogco Park record set by the Dodgers and Padres
The stadium record for most spectators in attendance during a single game was surpassed on Opening Day in 2014, when they entertained 45,567 fans, also against the Dodgers, by the announced attendance of 46,701 at Petco Park.
Dodgers supporters usually go far down to San Diego, so they made up a large portion of the crowd. This season, the Padres have drawn 38,871 fans on average each game, second only to the Dodgers’ 46,149.