Los Angeles Dodgers finish sweep over San Diego Padres
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Heliot Ramos ended a dramatic day in victorious fashion with a big home run in the San Francisco Giants' win Monday night at Petco Park.
Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 4-3 to hand the Padres their fourth straight loss.
Petco Park’s packed house filled the Gaslamp Quarter with a symphony of boos. Ramos proceeded to troll the Padres fans sitting in the left-field bleachers, pointing and laughing at the Friar faithful. The rest of the night, Ramos was greeted with boos every time he stepped to the plate or fielded a fly ball.
After returning from Tommy John surgery earlier in the season, the right-hander had been on the injured list since June before he was granted his release.
Against their top division rivals, the Dodgers found their intensity and urgency that had been missing as they recaptured the lead in the NL West
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Mookie Betts’ clutch homer lifts Dodgers over Padres 5-4, extending NL West lead to 2 games
Mookie Betts hits a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sunday.
Since the trade, the A's have had all of one save situation on their schedule, which came last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. Trailing 2-1 entering the top of the ninth, the A's scored twice to take a 3-2 lead, and decided to leave right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the game since manager Mark Kotsay liked how he was throwing the ball.
The San Diego Padres had seemingly all of the momentum heading into this past weekend's series at Dodger Stadium against their arch-rivals, the Los Angeles Dodg