The San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1, taking the series and leaving the Dodgers facing a potential sweep. Nestor Cortes allowed just one baserunner over six innings, struck out three and carried a perfect game into the sixth before Miguel Rojas's single. That outing marked Cortes's first career start with one or fewer baserunners across at least six innings. The Dodgers recorded only one run on a pinch-hit solo home run by Alex Freeland in the eighth and had only one hit for most of the game. Tyler Glasnow struggled with command, lasting four innings while allowing three runs, two hits and four walks. Xander Bogaerts added an eighth-inning double that scored two runs.
Nestor Cortes started for the Padres and allowed just one baserunner over six innings of work while also striking out three. Cortes took a perfect game into the sixth inning, but Miguel Rojas singled with one out to prevent the no-hitter. That was the first career start in his career that Cortes only allowed one baserunner or fewer over at least six innings.
It was also the second consecutive night the Dodgers were only able to tally one hit for the majority of the game. In the series opener, Alex Freeland had their only hit, a home run, until a pair of singles in the ninth inning. And once again, Freeland provided the only run for the Dodgers in this one as he blasted a pinch-hit solo home run in the eighth inning to break the shutout.
Between the starts from Yu Darvish on Friday and Nestor Cortes on Saturday, it was the first time in L.A. Dodgers franchise history (since 1958) that a pair of pitchers have thrown consecutive games of at least six innings while allowing one or fewer hits against them, according to Sonja Chen of MLB.com. The Padres took the lead in the fourth inning as Tyler Glasnow struggled with his command.
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