The Dodgers fell 5-1 to the Padres, returning to second place in the NL West. Tyler Glasnow struggled with control, issuing multiple lead-off walks and leaving after a rough fourth inning that produced three runs. Nestor Cortes retired the first 15 batters and carried five perfect innings, limiting the Dodgers' offense while several well-struck balls failed to fall. Miguel Rojas broke up the perfecto in the sixth, and Shohei Ohtani repeatedly hit hard balls that were caught. The Padres pen held firm, and Alex Freeland delivered a pinch-hit homer in the eighth to cut the deficit.
Tyler Glasnow was on the mound for the Dodgers, and he had some control problems that wasn't helped by the umpire squeezing him on the edges. He retired the first six Padres he faced, but in the 3rd he issued a lead-off walk to break that streak, and then gave up a two-out walk, eventually winning a 10-pitch battle with Luis Arraez to get out of the mini-jam.
That seemed like a huge mountain to climb, as Nestor Cortes started with five perfect innings. Not only was he good and the Dodgers missing pitches, but when they did hit them, nothing fell in. Miguel Rojas broke up the perfecto in the 6th with a single, but nothing came of it as Shohei Ohtani hit a ball 109 MPH yet again to center and just got under it. A running theme.
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