Freddie Freeman singled in Mookie Betts with one out in the 10th inning and the Dodgers beat the Padres 1-0. Freeman’s RBI helped the Dodgers set the franchise season record with their 107th victory.
"That's a lot of wins, if you really think about it," Freeman said. "A lot of good things have to happen from a lot of guys. Not just 26 guys, but 40 to 45 guys have to contribute to be able to do that.
"If you think about it, it's the pitching," Freeman said on a night when Julio Urías, one of the leading contenders for the NL Cy Young award, pitched six scoreless innings. "Our pitching has been absolutely phenomenal all season long. They give us a chance. We haven't done really well with runners in scoring position in the last couple of days and they put up zeroes all day until we got one in.
The win by the NL West champion Dodgers kept the Padres' magic number at four for clinching a playoff spot in a full season for the first time since 2006. It also put the Dodgers in position to win their ninth straight series against the Padres since June 2021. The series finale is Thursday night."Once Oct. 11 hits, no one's going to care how many wins you had in the regular season," Freeman said. "That's the big thing. We're here, we're in the regular season, we might as well get as many wins as we possibly can.
Betts started as the automatic runner on second base and advanced on a passed ball before scoring on Freeman's hit to center over a drawn-in infield off"I was going for a hit when Mookie was on second, trying to get the slider up," Freeman said. "Usually I go to left field, but with the slider coming in I was trying to hit it just right of second base. That was the plan. I didn't know if it was going to work.
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