Overview
- Yu Darvish allowed one hit and one run over six innings with five strikeouts, outdueling Blake Snell in the series opener at Petco Park.
- Manny Machado tied the game with an RBI single in the fourth and scored on Xander Bogaerts’ sacrifice fly for the decisive lead.
- Rookie Alex Freeland supplied the Dodgers’ only run off Darvish with his first major-league home run.
- San Diego’s bullpen held firm as Jason Adam worked a clean seventh, Mason Miller escaped an eighth-inning jam with a 3-6-1 double play, and Robert Suárez notched his MLB-leading 34th save.
- The rivals are even at 73-56 with 33 games remaining, and Los Angeles still holds the season-series edge as the clubs resume Saturday with Tyler Glasnow set to face Nestor Cortes.