With their three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers proved they are deeper and more focused than their budding NL West rivals.

Then Betts rescued the Dodgers with the 394-foot shot to left-center off Robert Suarez. It was the shortstop’s 13th homer of the season and just his fifth since June. Betts had 25 in 2022 and 39 in 2023.

Manny Machado believes his teammates acquired at the trade deadline deserve credit for contributing to the San Diego Padres' climb up the NL West standings.

After the dust settled, Bob Nightengale of USA Today shared that Padres' third baseman Manny Machado cracked a joke with reporters about the Padres' aggressive trade deadline shopping spree. "Welcome to the San Diego Padres deadline," Machado said. "I'm never shocked about anything we do at the deadline, let's be honest."

Manny Machado was involved in several heated altercations, as his team, the San Diego Padres, took on arch-rivals the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this season.

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.

Padres third baseman Manny Machado revealed the team's goals after their number of changes, the first of which is knocking the Los Angeles Dodgers off of top spot in the NL West.

In one of their worst performances of the season, the Padres beat themselves in a shutout to the Dodgers, which reclaimed first place.