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07/03 23:41 CDT Teoscar Hernndez's 7th-inning grand slam sparks another
Dodgers rally vs Padres
Teoscar Hernndez's 7th-inning grand slam sparks another Dodgers rally vs Padres
By BETH HARRIS
AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) --- Teoscar Hernndez hit a go-ahead grand slam off reliever
Adrian Morejon in the seventh inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers rallied for
the second straight game to beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Friday night.
Trailing 3-0, Hernndez sent a 90-mph slider on the first pitch from Morejon
(6-2) over the wall in center field. Mookie Betts walked and Max Muncy singled
to chase starter Michael King.
Padres second baseman Jake Cronenworth booted a grounder by Kyle Tucker that
turned a potential double-play ball into the bases loaded with no outs. Muncy
was safe at second on the miscue and Betts moved to third to set up Hernndez's
sixth career grand slam.
The Dodgers came back from a 6-0 deficit to win 12-7 in the series opener
Thursday.
Kyle Hurt (3-1) earned the win with one inning of scoreless relief. Tanner
Scott stuck out the side in the ninth to earn his 12th save.
King retired the first 11 batters he faced while outpitching Dodgers starter
Shohei Ohtani. The first hit allowed was a single to Freddie Freeman with two
outs in the fourth that extended the slugger's on-base streak to 18 consecutive
games.
Pitching on eight days' rest, Ohtani allowed three runs and seven hits on a
season-high 110 pitches --- 73 for strikes --- over six innings. He struck out
nine. The designated hitter was hitless in three at-bats before being replaced
in the seventh.
Ohtani's first six pitches of the game were balls and he threw just one strike
combined between the first two batters. Gavin Sheets' RBI single was the first
run Ohtani has allowed in the first inning this season. He had an ERA of zero
in the first inning.
Jackson Merrill's two-out solo shot extended San Diego's lead to 2-0 in the
fourth.
Ohtani's start was pushed back from Wednesday to give him extra rest during a
run of 13 games in 13 days. He has been dealing with a sore left knee and a
blister on the middle finger of his right hand.
Up next
Padres RHP Griffin Canning (1-5, 7.09 ERA) starts Saturday against Dodgers RHP
Yoshinobu Yamamato (8-5, 2.67).
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