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09/24 01:39 CDT Machado powers the Padres past the Dodgers 5-1, snapping Los
Angeles' 11-game home winning streak
Machado powers the Padres past the Dodgers 5-1, snapping Los Angeles' 11-game
home winning streak
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs as the San
Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Wednesday night to take sole
possession of the top spot in the National League wild-card standings.
The loss snapped the NL West champions' 11-game home winning streak and kept
the Dodgers (97-61) from clinching at least the No. 2 seed in the National
League and a first-round playoff bye. To secure that, they still need one win
or an Atlanta loss.
The Padres (88-70) were prevented from clinching their franchise-record third
consecutive playoff berth when Arizona beat Colorado 5-3. But they need just
one win or a Diamondbacks loss to punch their ticket to the postseason.
San Diego leads Chicago (87-71) and Philadelphia (87-71) by one game for the
first National League wild card, a spot that would bring home-field advantage
throughout a best-of-three Wild Card Series.
In his return from the injured list, Shohei Ohtani went 1 for 4 with a single,
a walk and two strikeouts for Los Angeles. He went down swinging with the bases
loaded to end the fourth inning. His long drive to center field was caught near
the wall leading off the eighth.
Dodgers starter Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9) retired nine of his first 10 batters
before the Padres got to him in the fourth and fifth innings of his final
regular-season start.
San Diego grabbed a 2-0 lead on Machado's 409-foot homer to center that scored
Dustin Harris, who was hit by a pitch from Yamamoto leading off the fourth.
The Dodgers closed to 2-1 in the bottom half when Teoscar Hernndez scored on
Tommy Edman's sacrifice fly on the first pitch from reliever David Morgan.
The Padres extended their lead to 4-1 in the fifth on Yamamoto's second career
throwing error and Machado's shallow sacrifice fly.
Freddy Fermin's RBI single in the ninth scored Samad Taylor, who walked and
stole second and third on consecutive pitches by reliever Blake Treinen, making
it 5-1.
Bradgley Rodriguez (4-3) got the win with two scoreless innings of relief.
San Diego starter Robbie Ray allowed one run and seven hits in 3 1/3 innings
with two strikeouts. The left-hander needed 70 pitches to get through the first
three innings.
Up next
Padres RHP Nick Pivetta (3-2, 3.30 ERA) starts Thursday in the series finale
against RHP Tyler Glasnow (5-1, 3.46).
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