The Los Angeles Dodgers worked Blake Snell’s pitch count and had several opportunities throughout the night but couldn’t cash in on enough situations along with not playing the cleanest game on defense in a 4-3 walk-off loss to the San Diego Padres in the 10th inning.
Snell routinely found himself in three-ball counts against the Dodgers, which led to three walks. However, he held L.A. to just one hit and collected six strikeouts over six shutout innings. The Dodgers went 1-for-17 with runners in scoring position and stranded 14.
One of their biggest threats against Snell came when Austin Barnes and Mookie Betts drew back-to-back walks with one out in the third. That was followed by some bad luck as Trea Turner lined out to Manny Machado for the start of an inning-ending double play.
The Dodgers also had two runners reach with one out in the fourth. Snell came out after throwing 96 pitches.
He exited with the Padres leading 2-0 thanks to Wil Myers’ dribbler that got through a shift in the bottom of the first inning.
Tyler Anderson followed that by retiring the final 16 batters faced to get through six innings. Tuesday’s start was only his second since Sept. 12 due to spending a brief stretch on the paternity list.
Anderson’s stellar performance was rewarded as the Dodgers eventually got him off the hook. Their rally began with Trea Turner’s leadoff single in the sixth inning that was followed by a Freddie Freeman walk. Justin Turner’s walk loaded the bases, and a successful challenge overturned what initially was ruled Max Muncy grounding into a double play.
Instead the Dodgers cut their deficit in half and had runners at the corners with two outs. That continued to pay off when Chris Taylor greeted a pitching change with a game-tying RBI single.
Dodgers defense falters
Keeping with a trend that surfaced last week against the Arizona Diamondbacks, defensive miscues wound up hurting the Dodgers.
San Diego took their lead in the first inning partly due to Justin Turner not getting a clean throw to second base for a potential double play. The force out wound up leading to two consecutive hits rather than the inning being over.
Then in the bottom of the eighth, Taylor’s failure to make a catch in left field resulted in a leadoff double. Chris Martin later inherited a bases-loaded jam from Caleb Ferguson and nearly got the Dodgers out of it unscathed, but Turner bobbled a grounder to his left, allowing the game-winning run to score.
The Dodgers nonetheless pulled even in the ninth inning against Josh Hader. Trea Turner hit a leadoff double and scored with two outs on a passed ball.
After the Dodgers failed to advance the automatic runner in the 10th inning, the Padres earned their 12th extra-innings win thanks to Craig Kimbrel walking in a run with the bases loaded.
The walk was Jorge Alfaro’s first since July 26.
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