The Los Angeles Dodgers trimmed their magic number for clinching the NL West to five with an 11-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.
Fernando Tatís Jr. homered for the Padres, who have lost four of six.
Michael Wacha took his second consecutive loss after going 6-0 in his previous eight starts for San Diego, yielding seven runs on seven hits and three walks while getting through just four innings. Freeman singled, advanced on Smith’s double and scored the Dodgers’ first run on Max Muncy’s long sacrifice fly in the first. After Dodger Stadium serenaded Freeman with “Happy Birthday to You” in the second inning, he drove a first-pitch sinker from Wacha to center in the third for his 26th homer.Freeman got his second single in the fourth, and Smith brought him home with his 18th homer.Pinch-hitter Chris Taylor and James Outman drove in runs in the seventh for Los Angeles.
J.D. Martinez drove in Mookie Betts and Freeman in the eighth. Freeman has scored a career-high 121 runs this season, passing Betts with 120.Kyle Hurt made his major league debut with two perfect innings of relief for the Dodgers, who promoted the hard-throwing San Diego County native and USC product before the game. Hurt retired Tatís, Juan Soto and Manny Machado in order on nine pitches in the eighth before striking out the side in the ninth, showing a 98 mph fastball.
Dodgers: Clayton Kershaw will start Saturday in Seattle after coming out of a 30-pitch bullpen session feeling good. The Dodgers pushed back his scheduled start several days after a decline in his velocity in his past two starts. ... LA reliever Daniel Hudson also threw 30 pitches off the slope of the mound in the next step of his comeback from a sprained knee ligament.
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