In the course of the San Diego Padres’ 5-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday a particular visitor obtained a close-up view of the motion.
The customer got here within the type of massive goose that flew into the stadium and landed in shallow proper middle with two outs within the eighth. It sat on the grass as Gavin Lux singled to proper.
The grounds crew rushed out with a blue plastic trash bin, however the chicken took off. It flew all the best way to close the Dodgers’ on-deck circle, the place LA’s Cody Bellinger was standing. He edged away from it because it landed.
Because the crew approached once more, the chicken flew to the infield close to third base. A employee rushed over the put a towel over the chicken and dropped it into the bin.
A goose sits on the sector through the eighth inning of recreation two of the Nationwide League Division Collection between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium
A goose lies on the sector as Dodgers subject crew attempt to take away the chicken earlier than play between the San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers through the eighth inning
Los Angeles Dodgers grounds crew members try to escort a goose off the sector within the eighth inning in recreation two of the Nationwide League Division Collection Wednesday evening
Earlier than the interruption, Padres’ Manny Machado homered early and added an RBI double off Clayton Kershaw, and Jurickson Profar singled dwelling the go-ahead run within the sixth inning.
The wild-card Padres beat the rival Dodgers for the primary time in a postseason recreation. San Diego was swept 3-0 by the Dodgers in a 2020 Division Collection and misplaced Sport 1 of this collection Tuesday.
Dropped from first to seventh within the batting order for matchup functions, Profar grounded a single to proper subject within the sixth off reliever Brusdar Graterol, who took the loss. Jake Cronenworth scored for a 4-3 lead.
San Diego Padres’ Manny Machado connects for a solo dwelling run in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers through the first inning in Sport 2 of a baseball NL Division Collection
Cronenworth homered off Blake Treinen within the eighth to provide San Diego some insurance coverage, and Josh Hader earned his first four-out save since August 2020 with Milwaukee.
Freddie Freeman, Max Muncy and Trea Turner went deep for the NL West champion Dodgers.
The groups traded one-run leads on an evening when two of baseball´s elite pitchers – Kershaw and Yu Darvish of the Padres – obtained knocked round. Within the center innings, it turned a battle of the bullpens for the second straight recreation.
Los Angeles Dodgers beginning pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to a San Diego Padres batter through the first inning in Sport 2 of a baseball NL Division Collection
San Diego Padres beginning pitcher Yu Darvish winds up through the first inning in Sport 2 of the baseball group’s NL Division Collection in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers
Hader, who obtained the ultimate out of the eighth, gave up a two-out double to Freeman off the right-center wall within the ninth. That introduced up Will Smith because the potential tying run on the plate. However he flied out to proper to finish the sport.
After an off day Thursday, the best-of-five collection resumes with Sport 3 on Friday in San Diego.
Cronenworth additionally drove in a run with a groundout within the third for the Padres.
Freeman, Muncy and Turner every hit a solo homer for the Dodgers, whose solely lead was a 2-1 benefit within the second. Baseball’s highest-scoring group within the common season struggled to hit within the clutch.
Darvish, who obtained the win, allowed three runs and 7 hits in 5 innings and had at the very least one baserunner in each inning. The best-hander struck out seven and walked two. Kershaw gave up three runs and 6 hits in 5 innings. The left-hander struck out six and finally settled all the way down to retire his closing 9 batters in a row.
Within the sixth, the Dodgers made two nifty defensive performs, however couldn´t hold the Padres from taking the lead.
Los Angeles Dodgers’ Freddie Freeman watches his solo dwelling run in opposition to the San Diego Padres through the first inning in Sport 2 of a baseball NL Division Collection
Trent Grisham bunted right into a fielder’s option to Graterol. He charged towards the third-base foul line, picked up the ball barehanded and threw sidearm to Smith, who made the tag on a head-first sliding Wil Myers to save lots of a run. Graterol glanced towards his dugout and unfold his arms as if to say, ‘How about that?’
Bellinger ended the inning with an unlikely over-the-shoulder catch after monitoring the ball with a swerving operating sample.
The Dodgers had a giant probability to tie the sport within the backside of the sixth with runners on the corners.
Muncy hit a shot to deep proper that chased Darvish. A shocked Muncy stopped at first base, apparently considering the ball could be caught by Juan Soto, however it went over his head close to the bullpen gate. Will Smith, who reached on an infield single to second, superior to 3rd with no outs.
However the Dodgers had been unable to money in. Robert Suarez got here in struck out Justin Turner after which Gavin Lux grounded right into a double play to finish the inning, leaving the sellout crowd of 53,122 shocked.
San Diego Padres middle fielder Trent Grisham leaps for however can not catch a solo dwelling run
The Dodgers got here up quick once more within the seventh.
With nervous followers on their toes chanting ‘Let’s go, Dodgers!,’ they loaded the bases with two outs after an intentional stroll to Freeman. However Smith flied out to middle to finish the menace.
Yency Almonte struck out the Padres within the prime of the seventh, with Ha-Seong Kim, Soto and Machado happening swinging. Tommy Kahnle struck out Soto, Machado and Brandon Drury in a 1-2-3 ninth.
The Dodgers’ bullpen tossed 4 scoreless innings in a 5-3 victory to open the collection. The Padres’ relievers retired the ultimate 14 batters in Sport 1.
San Diego Padres’ Juan Soto is high-fived within the dugout after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jake Cronenworth in opposition to the Los Angeles Dodgers through the third inning in Sport 2