Monday, June 9, 2025
Copyrighted by Sarah Morris, 2025
For the first time this season, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the San Diego Padres. On a beautiful Monday night at Petco Park, the Dodgers beat the Padres 8-to-7. Dustin May didn’t have it, but he gave the Dodgers five innings. The bullpen of Anthony Banda, Alex Vesia, Kirby Yates, and Tanner Scott was brilliant. The Dodgers’ offense came to play. Will Smith hit a two-run homer, and Andy Pages doubled in the winning run. the Dodgers lead the Padres by two games in the Western Division.
To start the game, Shohei Ohtani doubled and scored on Freddie Freeman’s double. Teoscar Hernández reached on a throwing error and moved Freeman to third. Will Smith’s sacrifice fly scored Freeman. Max Muncy walked. The Dodgers didn’t score any more runs.
Dustin May allowed a lead-off single to Francisco Tatis, Jr, and another single. He gave up a run-producing double to Manny Machado. A sacrifice fly scored the tying run. May escaped from the jam because Betts made a great play.
In the second, the Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively.
To start the second, May issued a walk, and the runner was sacrificed to second. He walked Tatis with two outs. Tatis stole second and went to third on a throwing error by Smith, and the Padres scored a run. May recorded the last out of the inning.
Betts opened the third with a single and moved to third on Freeman’s single. Freeman went to second on a wild pitch. Teoscar Hernández’s sacrifice fly scored Betts, the tying run, and Smith blasted a two-run homer. Andy Pages singled. Tommy Edman singled Pages to third, and Edman took second on the throw from right field. The Dodgers didn’t score any more.
To start the third, May allowed a single to Machado and issued a walk. Another walk loaded the bases with an out. May gave up a three-run double. Freeman caught a foul ball for the last out of the third.
Ohtani walked to start the fourth, and Freeman had an infield single, moving Ohtani to second. Teoscar Hernández hit into a force play, erasing Freeman. Smith struck out to end the inning.
In the fourth, May was perfect.
Muncy started the fifth with a single and stole second. Hyeseong Kim doubled in Muncy, the tying run. The Dodgers didn’t score any more.
With an out in the fifth, May allowed a single. Betts made a great force play to erase the runner at second, but May allowed a stolen base. Kim caught the last out in center field.
The Dodgers went 1-2-3 in the sixth.
Anthony Banda relieved May in the sixth with a perfect inning.
The Dodgers didn’t do anything offensively in the seventh.
Banda continued pitching in the seventh with a perfect frame.
With two outs in the eighth, Ohtani reached second on a throwing error, and Betts was intentionally walked. Freeman struck out to end the inning.
Alex Vesia relieved Banda in the eighth with a perfect inning.
In the ninth, the Dodgers went down in order.
Kirby Yates relieved Vesia in the ninth and issued a walk to Tatis with two outs. He retired the last batter on a fly ball to Teoscar Hernández.
With Muncy on second as the placed runner in the tenth, Andy Pages doubled in Muncy. Edman singled in Pages. Ohtani hit into a force play, erasing Edman. The Dodgers didn’t score any more runs in the tenth.
Tanner Scott relieved Yates in the tenth. He allowed a run-producing double. Scott preserved the win.
