After taking the first two games of the series to take the lead in NL West, the Dodgers started a great start against the Padres today. However, the attack has been completely closed for a long time and the Padres slowly walked away and finally tied it late. Fortunately, Mookie Betts came to the rescue with a late Homer, and the Dodgers clamped for a 5-4 victory and a sweep!
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For a change in pace, the attack starters continued to use a lead early. Shohei Ohtani started things in the 1st with a single one, Mookie Betts took a walk to set up a few, and Freddie Freeman Hit his 15th Homer of the Year on a 0-2 throw to bring the score to 3-0.
Freddie for three! pic.twitter.com/OB4M4EN3JU
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2025
Later in the same inning, a new 0-2 error was hit by Andy -Pages For his 20th Dinger of the Year, which means that the score is 4-0.
Homer nr. 20 for Andy! pic.twitter.com/i4dvkbdtys
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2025
While they also got a lead-off walk in the 2nd and stealing a two-out, Darvish then pulled nine in a row to end his outing after four frames.
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On the hill for the Dodgers Tyler GlasNowWho usually looked great since he came from the IL, but today he took advantage of a rare time when the referees preferred the Dodgers.
In the 1st a one-out Double with two was taken to third place, but he worked with three strikeouts.
Three ks in the first for Tyler! pic.twitter.com/kwvkcdhgf4
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2025
After he followed with a clean 2nd, the 3rd turned out to be crucial for his outing. A starting walk was followed by a ball that struck the wall Freddy FerminAnd Andy Pages made a great game and threw him in second place.
Padres continues to make outs on the bases, because pages make a great play off the wall and throws a seed to nail Fermin on the second. pic.twitter.com/v5tacqc4ap
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 17, 2025
Fernando Tate Jr. Followed with its own double, which placed the first run in front of the Padres, but it should probably have been two. A few groundouts then took out GlasNow that jam with minimal damage.
After a clean 4th, the 5th started with a Ramon Laureano Homer to lower the lead to 4-2.
Ramón -rake. pic.twitter.com/LP57RHRVPB
– San Diego Padres (@PADDADE) August 17, 2025
A one-out single and a two-out bloop doubles suddenly brought the draw in score position, but Alex Freeland caught a soft lining that fence him to get out of the mess.
Alex Freeland … thanks. pic.twitter.com/y1nghemwa8
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 17, 2025
The stuff of GlasNow was on, but he received a lot of help from the UMP (for once) to limit the damage: 5 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 8 K, 91 throws.
Tyler was cruising. ? pic.twitter.com/64oafbt4bo
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2025
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The Padres Pen took over in the 5th and switched off the first five they encountered to walk the streak to 14 in row before a bloop single fell in with two in the 6th and another dropped in the corner of the runners. Alex Call has a moment like a dodger and pinch-hitting here a good time as a while, but he switched to put an end to that threat. The bats also kept silent in the 7th, and they would pay for not adding insurance.
It was for the Dodgers pen Anthony Banda Things start in the 6th by giving up a double. He then got a strikeout, but there was a bloop doubles to bring the score to 4-3 and hit him out of the game.
Ben Casparis Take it over and made the first batter he saw to set up a few, but rebound with a groundout and strikeout to retain the lead of one run.
For whatever reason, Dave Roberts used a swingman for one out, and Blake trains entered for the 7th. He gave up a one-out bloop single and stolen base, received a gift from a call not to give a walk in a battle that resulted in an out, gave a stem of the third and eventually came from that problem with the lead intact.
It was then Alexis Diaz In the 8th, and he started frustrating by touching the distraction on a 0-2 count. A strikeout was followed by a two-squeeze, which put the Go-Ahead Run in second place. Dave Roberts turned then Alex shutters -who had it powerful to get out of the jam, and he actually managed to do that by inducing an RBI groundout and a comebacker, but the score was 4-4.
The only argument against this is that they may have sold out for the victory with the Padres/Dodgers -pen Matchup as absolutely the worst on paper. https://t.co/QOQZMCDCC9
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 17, 2025
Things looked a bit gloomy at that moment, given that a pen war is the last place where they want to be, but the Padres closer Robert Suarez Fell behind Mookie Betts with 2-0 to start the 9th, and then he turned on a 97 MPH Fastball for his 13th Homer to make it 5-4!
Moooooooy! pic.twitter.com/xpatb4jkdn
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 17, 2025
Task to continue and keep the game, Vesia continued in the 9th, giving him a few errors before he spent Machado to secure the sweep!
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– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 17, 2025
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Buddy Kennedy made his Dodger debut.
“He looks like chubby Vesia.” – Dad https://t.co/Z1enB4UZ94
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 17, 2025
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| NL West | File | GB |
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| Dodgers | 71-53 | – |
| Parents | 69-55 | 2.0 |
The Dodgers will now travel to Colorado for a four-game series against the Rockies, the only park where I actually fear. It starts at 2.40 pm HT/5: 40 pm pt/8: 40 pm et and function Yoshinobu Yamamoto Looking for bounceback against Kyle Freeland.
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