The roster overhaul the San Diego Padres underwent last offseason won't necessarily protect the team from losing to the Dodgers like they did Sunday.
Before Betts’ home run, the Dodgers had only three hits. That was the same number of hits they had the entire game Saturday in aIn the series finale, the Dodgers were kept in a game they didn’t deserve to be in by Julio Urías and four relievers.
The Dodgers’ opening-day starter, the 26-year-old Urías didn’t respond to the misplays by shouting in frustration as he’d done in some previous starts. Instead, he regrouped and pitched into the sixth inning. The Dodgers didn’t collect their first hit against Padres starter Joe Musgrove until there were two outs in the fifth inning, but Urías wasn’t distracted by the absence of run support.
Busch, who entered the game as an eighth-inning pinch hitter, and Outman, who looked lost over the last two weeks, finished what Betts started.“We’re able to flush it out because we’re in the game,” Outman said. “There’s no reason to dwell on it because we need runs now.” The win was the Dodgers’ eighth in nine games. The team’s lead in the National League West increased to 1½ games over the Arizona Diamondbacks and three over the Padres.
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