SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Kyle Tucker broke out of a recent slump with a home run and four RBIs as the Los Angeles Dodgers exploded for a 15-3 victory over the San Diego Padres on Saturday at PETCO Park.

The Dodgers scored nine runs in the sixth inning to turn a 1-0 lead into a 10-1 advantage, and Tucker’s two-run homer was the centerpiece of the outburst. He finished 3 for 5, raising his average after entering the game in an 0-for-11 skid over his previous three contests.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the win, allowing two runs on five hits over six innings while striking out four. He improved to 8-5. Randy Vásquez took the loss, falling to 6-6 after the Dodgers touched him for multiple runs in the second and sixth innings.

The Dodgers struck first in the second inning. Max Muncy tripled and scored on a double by Tommy Edman, giving Los Angeles a 1-0 lead.

San Diego tied the game in the fifth when Gavin Sheets hit his 13th home run of the season, a solo shot to center field.

The Dodgers responded with a nine-run sixth that erased any doubt. Freddie Freeman led off with a double, and after Mookie Betts grounded out, Muncy reached on a two-base error by second baseman Will Wagner, scoring Freeman. Edman tripled to right to bring home Muncy, and Tucker followed with a home run to right field, his seventh of the season, scoring Edman. Dalton Rushing then homered to right-center, his ninth. After a walk to Alex Freeland, Shohei Ohtani singled and Andy Pages walked to load the bases. Freeman grounded out to score Freeland, and Betts delivered the knockout blow with a three-run homer to center, his 11th, scoring Ohtani and Pages. The inning finally ended when Muncy flied out.

San Diego answered with a run in the bottom of the sixth. Samad Taylor walked, Jackson Merrill singled, and Sheets singled to drive in Taylor, making it 10-2.

The Padres added another run in the seventh. Will Wagner singled, Freddy Fermin walked, and Fernando Tatis Jr. singled to bring home Wagner. After a walk loaded the bases, Jackson Merrill struck out and Manny Machado grounded into a forceout.

Los Angeles padded its lead with four runs in the eighth. Ohtani singled, Pages walked, and Freeman singled to load the bases. After Betts struck out, Muncy singled to score Ohtani. Edman grounded out to bring home Pages, and Tucker singled to center to drive in Freeman and Muncy.

The Dodgers capped the scoring in the ninth. Andy Pages hit a ground-rule double and scored on a single by Ryan Ward.

Sheets went 3 for 4 with two RBIs for the Padres. Tucker drove in four, while Edman had three RBIs and Betts three. Freeman collected three hits, and Muncy had two.

The Dodgers finished with 17 hits and the Padres nine. Alex Vesia, Miguel Rojas and Jack Dreyer each threw scoreless relief for Los Angeles.

The attendance was 45,159, and the game lasted 3 hours, 7 minutes.

Los Angeles improved to 53-30, while San Diego fell to 43-38.

The Dodgers and Padres meet again Sunday before Los Angeles travels to for a three-game series. San Diego heads to Chicago for a three-game set at the Cubs.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Los Angeles Dodgers 7, San Diego Padres 5. Interstat’s ELO system had given the Dodgers a 58.80 percent probability to win. Los Angeles had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 18 went under the over-under line of 7.5.