Dodgers pound Padres 15‑3 behind Tucker’s four RBIs
SAN DIEGO (Interstat) — Kyle Tucker drove in four runs with a home run and three hits as the Los Angeles Dodgers routed the San Diego Padres 15-3 on Saturday at PETCO Park. Yoshinobu Yamamoto pitched six innings of five-hit ball, striking out four, and improved to 8-5. Randy Vásquez took the loss, dropping to 6-6.
The Dodgers broke open a 1-0 game with nine runs in the sixth inning. Tommy Edman tripled in a run and Tucker followed with a two-run homer. Mookie Betts later added a three-run blast. Los Angeles scored four more in the eighth and one in the ninth.
Gavin Sheets homered and drove in two for San Diego, which got solo runs in the fifth, sixth and seventh.
The Dodgers collected 17 hits, while the Padres had nine. Attendance was 45,159, and the game lasted 3:07. Los Angeles improved to 53-30, while San Diego fell to 43-38.