The last Dodgers-PADDERS series was the largest of the year, and now it catches up. The series started with a well -played, low scoring affair, especially thanks to Yu darvish And Blake Snell Duelling. Unfortunately it was Snell who gave up a run, and that was all the Padres that were needed, because the Dodgers were unable to get something in the 2-1 loss.
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After Yu Darvish had a disaster of a first inning previous time -out, he ended that game by closing the Dodgers quite well. Unfortunately, that usually went on today, while he put down the first seven batters he encountered. Happy, Alex Freeland Choose a great time for his first career homer and tore a pendant for a 1-0 lead.
Alex Freeland with his first MLB Homer! pic.twitter.com/vwugtyubtw
– Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) August 23, 2025
Darvish followed by immediately hit Buddy Kennedy with a throw, and Shohei Ohtani square a ball at 115 mph but did this immediately Fernando Tate Jr. right. And so they got nothing else in the 3rd, nor had anything been generated in the 4th.
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For the Dodgers they turned to Blake Snell again and it looked good early. A clean 1st was followed by a bloop single to lead the 2nd that Michael Comfort Should have really been caught, but that was erased by a double play and he was confronted with the minimum.
Another single started the 3rd and he was sacrificed about what looked like an attempt for a hit. A strikeout put Snell on the edge, and it seemed as if he was doing with Tatis strikeout, but it was ruled that he did not go around. It doesn’t matter, like Ramon Laureano for whatever reason was caught in second place, and Will Smith Thirdly threw him to end the frame.
Tatis probably checked his swing, but apparently Ramon did not agree, so he got caught in no man’s land. pic.twitter.com/U7Z0CGCB
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 23, 2025
In the 4th, for the third consecutive inning, the Leadman reached this time with a walk. A bag of shock followed, and Manny Machado Take advantage of a single to bind things on 1-1.
Another single followed to the corner of the runners, and Xander Bogaerts Save a pocket fly for the second to give the Padres a 2-1 lead.
Despite an infield roller for a single against the shift that a runner brought back into a score position, Snell managed to stop bleeding there.
But again he found problems starting the 5th, because a single made four consecutive innings with the lead-off man who reached. Another SAC Bunt followed and a walk set up a few, but Snell led to a doubles to escape from that jam.
In the 6th, Snell placed his first 1-2-3 frame since the 1st thanks to this gem of Mookie Betts In short.
What a play ranging in the Mookie hole. pic.twitter.com/k16xkt3kj0
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 23, 2025
With his pitch count still manageable, he also came out for the 7th and completed a different quality outing with a few strikeouts in a 1-2-3 inning.
He had a few moments when he was erratic, but even the runs were just an unfortunate sequencing: 7 IP, 6 hours, 2 R, 2 BB, 5 K, 97 throws.
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Darvish now made it with the lead and made it eight in a row with a clean 5th, then nine in a row to start the 6th before he carried out a walk to Ohtani. It doesn’t matter, while he got Mookie Betts to bounce in a doubles alongside the minimum in that frame.
That was the end of Darvish’s almost flawless start, and he handed in things Jason Adam In the 7th, which received a beautiful and easy 1-2-3 frame. And so it was Mason Miller In the 8th, and he didn’t have his order at all. He started walking Michael Controrto on six throws and then found out Andy -Pages 2-0, at which point pages waved at the bottom of the zone at a borderline height and just missed by going in the middle.
Not like Miller throws a middle fastball there, they probably lead, but man, can be loaded here. https://t.co/BN8TEXQGW
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 23, 2025
That probably cost them a baserunner, such as after pinch runner Justin Dean Secondly, Miller continued to struggle with strikes and Alex Freeland ran on five throws. Dalton Hurry Then Pinch hit looking for just not in a doubles to get Shohei a shot … So guess what he did? Yup.
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Looking to keep the shortage on one Edgardo Henriquez In the 8th acquisition for Snell, and he received the first two batters of the frame. However, a double followed and he released a wild pitch to promote the runner. Fortunately, another defensive gem of Mookie has saved a run on a potential single and held it 2-1.
Mookie makes another great game in the right field to keep the shortage on one. https://t.co/52fghzigcf pic.twitter.com/4p3qwg1lbn
– Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama) August 23, 2025
Close things for the Padres in the 9th Was Robert SuarezIt started with giving up a Flyball of 388 feet to the center of Ohtani. Sigh.
The rally did not end there, when Mookie then baseed, and after a strikeout to put Suarez on the edge, it was Freddie Freeman Singling to put the runners in the corner. That raised Teoscar Hernandezthat stuck on six throws.
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| NL West | File | GB |
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| Dodgers | 73-56 | – |
| Parents | 73-56 | – |
The series will resume tomorrow on FS1 an hour earlier at 2.40 pm HT/5: 40 pm pt/8: 40 pm et. It will be Tyler GlasNow Also his second start in a row against the Padres, and he will be confronted with 2024 World Series Game 1 Hero Nestor Cortes.
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