SAN DIEGO — Mookie Betts and Will Smith as the Los Angeles Dodgers used a makeshift lineup to keep their season alive with an 8-0 win over the San Diego Padres in Game 4 of the National League Division Series on Wednesday. hit a home run early on. .
Gavin Lux added a home run and eight Dodgers pitchers combined for seven hits in the bullpen game as Los Angeles tied the series 2-2 to set up a decisive Game 5 on Friday at Dodger Stadium. I forgave you. Evan Phillips (1-0) pitched 1 1/3 innings to get the win.
The Dodgers, without shortstop Miguel Rojas (groin) and first baseman Freddie Freeman (ankle), will start Enrique Hernandez and Chris Taylor, with Max Muncy at first base and Tommy Edman at shortstop. Moved.
San Diego right-hander Dylan Schiess (0-1) started after three days of rest, but lasted only 1 2/3 innings, giving up 4 hits and 3 runs on 38 pitches. He had one strikeout and one walk.
For San Diego, Fernando Tatis Jr. had a double and Jake Cronenworth had a triple. Jurickson Profar and Manny Machado combined for 1 hit in 8 at bats.
Betts gave the Dodgers a home run in the first inning of two consecutive games, hitting a solo shot from Cease to center field.
In the second inning, Lux walked with one out and Enrique Hernandez followed with a single. Shohei Ohtani hit a two-out RBI single, and Betts also hit a scoring single after Cease was replaced by Brian Howing.
The Dodgers took the lead in the third inning with a double by Muncy, followed by a home run to center field by Smith, his first hit in 10 at-bats in the NLDS, and they added two more runs in the third inning to take a 5-0 lead.
Los Angeles almost scored again in the fourth inning, but Teoscar Hernandez’s hit just down the third base line was deflected by Machado into the arm of third base umpire Mark Ripperger, and Ohtani was ejected at home. Machado recovered and was able to take his turn at bat.
In the fifth inning, Muncy’s drive to right-center field was hit against the wall by Padres rookie center fielder Jackson Merrill.
The Dodgers put up a safety squeeze in the seventh inning with Edman scoring, and Lux ​​hit a two-run homer to add three more runs.
–Field Level Media, by Doug Padilla
