Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff homer by Jung Hoo Lee and then settled down to tie his season high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and lead the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory against the San Francisco Giants.

The San Diego Padres are in a bit of a skid after dropping their fourth straight game. After being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers and dropping out of the fir

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

Nick Pivetta permitió que Jung Hoo Lee inaugurara el juego con un jonrón, pero se serenó y condujo el martes a los Padres de San Diego hacia un triunfo de 5-1 sobre los Gigantes de San Francisco. Pivetta terminó igualando su mejor cifra de la campaña,

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The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Yu Darvish gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Padres were left clawing back and did so, tying the game up at four in the eighth inning. However, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts then hit a go-ahead home run that clinched the series.

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.

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