Major League Baseball
San Diego 5, LA Dodgers 2
When: 4:10 PM ET, Sunday, April 18, 2021
Where: Petco Park, San Diego, California
Temperature: 72°
Umpires: Home - Phil Cuzzi, 1B - Cory Blaser, 2B - Mark Ripperger, 3B - Tom Hallion
Attendance: 15250

Eric Hosmer broke a tie with a two-out RBI single off Dodgers' reliever Dennis Santana in the bottom of the eighth Sunday afternoon and slumping Tommy Pham followed with a two-run double as the San Diego Padres earned a 5-2 victory over visiting Los Angeles.

San Diego's victory snapped the Dodgers' eight-game winning streak.

The Padres' eighth inning opened with leadoff hitter Jurickson Profar reaching on a throwing error by Dodgers shortstop Corey Seager. After Jake Cronenworth popped out, Santana replaced Scott Alexander (0-1) and immediately walked Fernando Tatis Jr. Manny Machado then flew out to left.

Hosmer, who one inning earlier followed Machado's third single of the game with a RBI double, then grounded a single to center to score Profar with the go-ahead run. Hosmer is hitting .750 (9-for-12) this season with runners in scoring position and two out.

Pham, who was robbed of a game-tying double on Mookie Betts' sensational, game-ending catch Saturday night, then doubled into the left-field corner to snap a 3-for-38 drought.

Keone Kela (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn the win while Mark Melancon worked a perfect ninth for his sixth save, which is tied for the major league lead.

Cy Young Award-winning starters Trevor Bauer of the Dodgers and Blake Snell of the Padres engaged in a second straight pitching duel between the teams.

The Dodgers took a 2-0 lead in the second against Snell. Will Smith opened the inning with a single and Chris Taylor followed with a home run into the second deck in left center at Petco Park. Those were the only hits allowed by Snell over five innings. He also issued two walks with seven strikeouts.

Bauer departed after six innings with a 2-1 lead. He allowed three hits and a walk with seven strikeouts -- although each of the hits were memorable.

Padres' second baseman Jake Cronenworth drove a hanging curve deep into the right-field seats leading off the fourth to cut the Dodgers' lead to 2-1. And the other two hits off Bauer were singles by Machado, who raised his career batting average against Bauer to .632 (12-for-19, four homers).

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
LA Dodgers   San Diego
Trevor Bauer Player Blake Snell
No Decision W/L No Decision
6.0 IP 5.0
7 Strikeouts 7
3 Hits 2
1.50 ERA 3.60
Hitting
LA Dodgers   San Diego
Zach McKinstry Player Manny Machado
1 Hits 3
0 RBI 0
0 HR 0
1 TB 3
1.000 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
LA Dodgers 3 1 6 .100 5 14 2 2 0 1
San Diego 7 1 12 .226 12 8 5 3 1 0