Not Again! Dodgers Lose Another Late-Inning Game As Padres Walk It Off -- With Bases Loaded Walk
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yangervis Solarte, fresh off the disabled list, drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the 11th inning to give the San Diego Padres their second straight walk-off victory against the Los Angeles Dodgers, 3-2 on Saturday night.
Solarte drew four straight balls from Chin-Hui Tsao (0-1) to bring in Wil Myers for the winning run.
Solarte was activated earlier Saturday after being out since April 10 with a hamstring injury.
Myers was aboard on his third single of the night and Derek Norris and Brett Wallace walked ahead of Solarte.
Melvin Upton Jr. came close to hitting a winning, two-run homer for the second night in a row in the 11th, but Trayce Thompson made a catch at the wall for the second out. Upton's two-run homer in the ninth inning Friday night gave the Padres a 7-6 win.
Brad Hand (1-0) pitched the 10th and 11th innings for the victory, allowing just a walk.
Thompson hit a two-run home run for the Dodgers and Alex Wood set a career-high with 13 strikeouts.
Thompson's shot to right-center in the seventh inning was his seventh overall and sixth in 16 games. Adrian Gonzalez was aboard on a leadoff single.
San Diego tied it in the bottom of the inning. Norris doubled into the left field corner and Wallace singled to left to chase Wood and put runners on the corners with no outs. Louis Coleman came on and retired pinch-hitter Solarte before making way for Adam Liberatore, who allowed pinch-hitter Alexi Amarista's sac fly to left.
Wood had allowed only one hit and struck out 11 through five innings before the Padres finally broke through. After starter Cesar Vargas became Wood's 12th strikeout victim leading off the sixth, Jon Jay walked and advanced to third on Myers' single to center. Matt Kemp then lofted a sacrifice fly to left.
Wood allowed two runs and four hits in six-plus innings, with one walk.
Vargas allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings, struck out seven and walked one.
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Dodgers: RHP Kenta Maeda (3-3, 2.87) has lost three straight decisions, a skid he'll try to end Sunday. He made his big league debut at Petco Park on April 6, getting his first win and homering for his first hit.
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