Yamamoto, Dodgers blank Padres 3‑0 on July 4

LOS ANGELES (Interstat) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 over seven shutout innings as the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Saturday at Dodger Stadium. The win lifted the Dodgers to 59-31, while San Diego dropped to 43-45.

Yamamoto allowed three hits and walked none. Freddie Freeman went 2 for 3 with a home run and two RBIs. Los Angeles scored single runs in the third, sixth and eighth innings. Will Klein earned his second save with a perfect ninth.

Griffin Canning took the loss, allowing one earned run in four innings. The Padres managed four hits, including two from Fernando Tatis Jr. Attendance was 52,284, and the game lasted 2 hours 29 minutes.