Jake Cronenworth hit a two-run house run and helped flip an around-the-horn triple play to finish the sport because the visiting San Diego Padres clinched a spot within the Nationwide League playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday.
Cronenworth had two hits and three RBIs because the Padres secured their eighth playoff look all time and third since 2020. San Diego (91-66) moved two video games behind Los Angeles (93-64) within the chase for the NL West title, with two video games remaining within the sequence and 5 within the season.
The Dodgers began to rally within the ninth inning towards right-hander Robert Suarez, starting with three consecutive singles, with Enrique Hernandez’s hit driving in a run.
Los Angeles had runners at first and second base with Shohei Ohtani on deck when Miguel Rojas hit a floor ball to 3rd baseman Manny Machado, who stepped on the bag, then threw to Cronenworth at second. Cronenworth threw to first baseman Donovan Solano to finish the sport.
San Diego starter Michael King (13-9) gave up simply an unearned run on three hits in 5 innings and Suarez ended up along with his thirty fifth save because the Padres improved to 8-3 towards the Dodgers this yr.
King fanned three and walked two.
Ohtani doubled, walked and scored a run for the Dodgers, whose magic quantity for clinching their eleventh division title in 12 seasons remained at 4. Los Angeles clinched a playoff spot on Friday.
Dodgers rookie right-hander Landon Knack (3-5) gave up 4 runs on 5 hits over 4 innings in his first profession begin towards San Diego. He struck out 4 and walked one.
Ohtani helped give Los Angeles a 1-0 lead after doubling to steer off the underside of the primary inning. He scored when Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts overthrew first base on Mookie Betts’ floor ball.
The Padres took a 2-1 lead a half-inning later. Rookie Jackson Merrill singled with one out and Cronenworth hit a two-out house run to proper subject, his seventeenth. It was the primary time in 19 September video games that Cronenworth had an RBI.
Bogaerts delivered an RBI single with two outs within the fourth inning and superior to second on a Knack balk. Cronenworth adopted with an RBI double to the wall in left subject for a 4-1 benefit.
–Area Stage Media
