Padres drop second straight to Dodgers in heated contest; Tatis, Ohtani each HBP

const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe- v w TWP USE const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId They fought their way back into the challenge while down by five runs in Los Angeles on Tuesday but it wasn t enough as the Padres fell to the Dodgers for the second straight night this time - Just like Monday night the Padres scored first Gavin Sheets hit a two-out two-strike single for an RBI in the top of the first inning to drive in Luis Arraez from second base But the Dodgers took the lead in the bottom of the second First a sacrifice fly by Max Muncy led to Will Smith scoring Then with the result tied the Dodgers Andy Pages sent a solo homer to left center field The Padres struck back however adding two runs in the top of the third The first was thanks to a Arraez single on a liner that scored Mart n Maldonado Then Fernando Tatis Jr scored on a Sheets sacrifice fly to center giving San Diego a - lead The scoring gave way to drama in the third Tatis and the Dodgers Shohei Otani were hit by pitches that seemed to be intentional the one delivered by the Padres Randy V squez got Ohtani in the hip and he yelped in pain leading to the umpires issuing warnings to both teams When Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came on the field and demonstratively objected to the warnings he was promptly thrown out He did not go quietly however and stayed on the field for another couple of minutes arguing to the umpires that the warnings were unwarranted Things happen in baseball you know I understand they have to do it at that point manager Mike Shildt reported of the warnings adding there wasn t any complaint from my side The Dodgers despite the loss of their manager managed to hang on for the win In the bottom of the fourth Pages struck again getting another solo home with two outs and tying the tally - Gotta stop there and give Pages selected credit man He had a nice ballgame swung the bat well so hats off to him Shildt commented After no scoring in the fifth the Padres turned to relief pitcher Jeremiah Estrada which turned out to be a accident Estrada gave up five consecutive hits in the sixth resulting in three runs for L A const iframe document getElementById newspack-iframe- g tLV hC t const timerId setInterval function iframe src iframe src iframe onload function clearInterval timerId Will Smith homered on a fly ball to left center after a single by Freddie Freeman giving the Dodgers a - lead Later in the same inning Pages singled on a line drive to left field and Teoscar Hern ndez who had been on second scored Estrada didn t record an out before he was pulled in favor of Yuki Matsui That didn t stop the Dodgers from scoring Tommy Edman doubled on a sharp line drive to left resulting in Muncy and Pages scoring upping the sum to - The Padres kept chipping away however and were the beneficiary of a Trenton Brooks homer on a fly ball to right center field that also allowed Jose Iglesias to sum It was the first-ever major league homer for Brooks an El Cajon native who was playing in only his second match of the year for the Padres In the top of the seventh with Xander Bogaerts batting Tatis scored on a balk but that ended the Friars scoring for the night Tuesday s event was the fifth between the Padres and Dodgers in nine days and San Diego by dropping its second straight in L A has lost four of the five The teams play again in L A at p m Wednesday Notes Outfielder Jackson Merrill who was placed on the concussion list Sunday due to a head injury suffered in San Diego s loss to Arizona the day before isn t as nauseous as he had been and is regaining his appetite but it s still up in the air whether he returns to the lineup after the minimum seven days on the IL according to the unit Yu Darvish has been moved to the -day IL but he s still expected back by early July according to MLB com