Freeman’s RBI single in 10th gives Dodgers 107th win

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Freddie Freeman singled in Mookie Betts with one out within the tenth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 1-0 on Wednesday evening to set the franchise single-season report with their 107th win.

The win by the NL West champion Dodgers stored the Padres’ magic quantity at 4 for clinching a wild-card berth in a full season for the primary time since 2006.

It additionally put the Dodgers in place to win their ninth straight sequence in opposition to the Padres since June 2021. The sequence finale is Thursday evening. The groups went to additional innings for the second straight evening.

The Dodgers have already clinched the No. 1 general seed within the NL playoffs.

Betts began as the automated runner on second base and superior on a handed ball earlier than scoring on Freeman’s hit to heart off Steven Wilson (4-2), his career-high 192nd.

Alex Vesia (5-0), who grew up within the San Diego space, pitched the ninth for the win. Tommy Kahnle pitched the tenth for his first save. He bought Kim Ha-seong to floor out to finish it with Jurickson Profar on third base.

The Padres are closing in on their first playoff berth in a full season since profitable the NL West for the second straight 12 months in 2006. They beat St. Louis in a wild-card sequence within the pandemic-shortened 2020 season earlier than being swept within the division sequence by the eventual World Collection champion Dodgers.

Dodgers lefty Julio Urías, a number one contender for the NL Cy Younger Award, threw six scoreless innings whereas Padres righty Joe Musgrove, a first-time All-Star this season, went 5 scoreless frames.

Musgrove labored via 106 pitches earlier than handing off a scoreless tie to Tim Hill.

Musgrove loaded the bases within the first and fifth innings and escaped each jams by putting out Joey Gallo. He threw 34 pitches in an 18-minute first inning. After putting out Gallo to finish the fifth on his final pitch of the evening, Musgrove pumped his proper fist and hollered.

The Padres wasted a primary scoring probability within the sixth, once they had runners on first and third with one out. Manny Machado walked with one out, stole second and was referred to as out. However he signaled to the dugout to problem the play even earlier than he bought up off the bottom, and the decision was overturned. He superior on Brandon Drury’s single however Urias retired Will Myers and Jake Cronenworth on infield popups.

Musgrove allowed 4 hits, struck out eight and walked 4.

Urias went six innings, permitting six hits, putting out 5 and strolling two.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Dodgers: Positioned RHP Phil Bickford (2-1, 4.72 ERA in 60 appearances) on the 15-day injured checklist with proper shoulder fatigue and activated RHP Yency Almonte from the IL. Almonte (0-0, 1.15 ERA in 29 appearances) had been on the IL since Aug. 7 with proper elbow tightness. He made three rehab appearances with Triple-A Oklahoma Metropolis. … Supervisor Dave Roberts mentioned Tony Gonsolin, on the IL with a proper forearm pressure, is scheduled to begin Monday at Dodger Stadium in opposition to Colorado and pitch three innings.

UP NEXT

Neither crew has named a starter for the sequence finale Wednesday evening.

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