Overview
- Los Angeles beat San Diego 5-4 on Tuesday when Andy Pages hit a sacrifice fly that scored pinch-runner Alex Call after Call advanced to third on Mason Miller’s errant pickoff throw.
- Miller’s throw deflected off first baseman Ty France and rolled down the right-field line, a play that several outlets reported as the Padres closer’s first career error and his first loss as a Padre.
- Automated ball-strike (ABS) reviews directly changed both games: Rodolfo Durán’s challenge in the 1-0 game overturned a pitch to a strike that helped Miller recover, and an ABS overturn turned Max Muncy’s called third strike into a walk in Tuesday’s ninth.
- Los Angeles’ bullpen delivered five scoreless innings to close Tuesday’s game and Will Klein recorded his first career save, while San Diego’s offense remains light so late-game pitching and small mistakes have oversized impact.
- The three-game set is tied heading into the rubber game with Shohei Ohtani starting for the Dodgers and Randy Vásquez going for the Padres, a matchup that will decide short-term standing and tiebreaker positioning in the NL West.