Overview
- The Padres moved into a half-game NL West lead with a 1-0 win over the Dodgers on Monday in San Diego, powered by Miguel Andújar’s first-inning home run.
- Michael King shut out Los Angeles for seven innings with nine strikeouts, and Mason Miller locked down his major league–leading 15th save after opening the ninth with two walks.
- Yoshinobu Yamamoto matched zeroes after the early mistake and finished seven innings with eight strikeouts, but the Dodgers went 0-for-7 with runners in scoring position.
- The loss came a day after a 10-1 win that completed a three-game sweep of the Angels, when Roki Sasaki delivered his best MLB start with seven innings, one run, eight strikeouts and no walks as Los Angeles outscored Anaheim 31-3 in the series.
- With Tyler Glasnow and Blake Snell on the injured list, the Dodgers need deeper outings from Sasaki and the rotation, since close games like Monday’s can quickly tilt the standings.