Dodgers 15, Padres 3: Bats explode for 15 hits (7 XBH) to back Yoshinobu Yamamoto

Chad Moriyama 06/27/2026 Game Recaps Leave A Comment

After a rough loss yesterday to start the rivalry series, the Dodgers and Padres were deadlocked for the majority of today’s game, but a huge nine-run inning in the 6th powered the Dodgers to a blowout win of 15-3.

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Lefty Kyle Hart opened for the Padres, starting ideally with a clean 1st inning on just eight pitches. That allowed him to continue in the 2nd, where he got an out to start but then Fernando Tatis Jr. gambled on a Max Muncy liner and gave him a triple. Instead of removing Hart for a righty, they allowed Edman to hit righty and he smacked a double to center to start the scoring at 1-0.

Despite a walk later in the inning, the rally died there.

Now facing Randy Vasquez in the 3rd, a pair of singles resulted in nothing due to Andy Pages being caught stealing yet again. After just a two-out single in the 4th, he got a clean 5th and seemed to be cruising along at that point.

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On the other end, Yoshinobu Yamamoto had it working yet again, cruising through a clean 1st and 2nd. That was broken up by a single to start the 3rd, but Freddie Freeman went airborne to make sure Yama still facing the minimum.

Yoshi gave up just a two-out infield single in the 4th, but frustratingly Gavin Sheets started the 5th with a solo shot and the game was tied at 1-1 just like that.

Of course, he rebounded by giving up just a walk the rest of the inning, but it was a frustrating draw at the midway point.

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Thankfully, it was the Dodgers who blew the doors off the game down the stretch.

With Vasquez still in the game in the 6th, a Freddie Freeman double started the rally. With one down, a Muncy hot shot was kicked for an error at second to score Freeman and put Muncy at second. 2-1 Dodgers.

Edman made them pay yet again with a triple off the wall in right to score Muncy and make it 3-1.

Kyle Tucker was up next looking to just put the ball in play, but he responded with a great nine-pitch at-bat that he concluded by bombing a ball to right for his seventh homer to make it 5-1 just like that.

Dalton Rushing then immediately added another run to that by going back-to-back with Tuck with his ninth dinger of the year.

The rally did not end there, as Alex Freeland drew a walk and Shohei Ohtani followed with a single, which knocked Vasquez out of the game. The Padres pen started roughly with a walk to load the bases, and only getting an out when Freddie was robbed of a hit on a grounder that scored a run to make it 7-1.

Mookie Betts then stepped up and hit his 11th homer, a three-run shot for his third-straight game with a homer to make it a nine-run inning and 10-1 Dodgers before the inning ended.

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All of this had Yamamoto in disbelief about the run support.

Yamamoto can't believe what he's seeing.

— Chad Moriyama (@chadmoriyama.bsky.social) 2026-06-28T02:12:37.405Z

He did look a bit rusty in the 6th, giving up a one-out walk and single, then a two-out single to Sheet to make it 10-2 before his game was over after the inning.

No reason to push him and another quality outing: 6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K, 89 Pitches.

In relief of him was Kyle Hurt, who did what you can’t do in a game like this. He gave up a one-out single, walked a guy, gave up another single for a run, then issued another walk to load the bases with just one out.

That had Dave Roberts going to Alex Vesia, who got a strikeout and groundout to end the inning, continuing to be an elite fireman. 10-3 Dodgers.

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Offensively, they did get that back and then some.

After stranding a lead-off walk in the 7th, they started the 8th with an Ohtani single, Pages walk, and Freddie single to load things up. With one down, Muncy reached on an infield single to plate a run, Edman grounded out for another run, and Tucker blooped a single in for two more and it was 14-3 before things ended.

Against a position player, Pages hit a two-out double and Ryan Ward used one of his last at-bats in the majors for a bit to single in a run for a 15-3 lead.

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Closing down the game was Jack Dreyer in the 8th, who stranded a single and a double, then Miguel Rojas got the 9th and got a whiff out of Tatis at least.

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Rushing did look to tweak something during the game, but stayed in.

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53-30 on the year.

The series finale will be a few hours earlier tomorrow at 10:10 AM HT/1:10 PM PT/4:10 PM ET with Emmet Sheehan facing off against Michael King.

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