Freeman, Betts key huge inning as Dodgers beat Padres 4-2 – NBC Los Angeles

Freddie Freeman drew a tiebreaking, bases-loaded stroll off all of a sudden wild Michael King within the fifth inning and Mookie Betts adopted with a two-run single for the Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat the San Diego Padres 4-2 Sunday to take two of three.

The 2-time defending World Sequence champion Dodgers, who’ve baseball’s greatest document at 54-30, prolonged their result in 10 video games over the Padres within the NL West.

The groups will meet once more Thursday by means of Sunday at Dodger Stadium.

Manny Machado homered off Emmet Sheehan with one out within the fourth to tie it at 1. It was Machado’s fifteenth of the season.

King, who allowed Shohei Ohtani’s opposite-field RBI single to left with one out within the third, received into bother instantly within the fifth when he issued a leadoff stroll to Alex Freeland. He received Chuckie Robinson to line out however allowed the following 4 batters to succeed in.

Ohtani walked and Andy Pages was hit by a pitch to load the bases earlier than Freeman fouled off three straight pitches earlier than strolling on the ninth pitch to herald Freeland. Betts singled to middle to herald Ohtani and Pages for a 4-1 lead and chase King.

Betts hit a three-run homer within the nine-run sixth in Saturday evening’s 15-3 win.

King (5-7) was coming off a 1-0 win in opposition to Atlanta on Monday evening. Earlier than that, he hadn’t gained since beating the Dodgers 1-0 at dwelling on Might 18. The Dodgers adopted a series-opening loss with two wins in every of their two sequence in San Diego this season.

Sheehan (4-5) bounced again after dropping every of his previous 4 begins. He held the Padres to 1 run and two hits in 5 innings, struck out 5 and walked two.

Edgardo Henriquez pitched the ninth for his first save.