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Dodgers manager Dave Roberts tells Padres rival Mike Shildt 'I'm gonna beat your a**' as tensions spill over
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts appeared to warn his Padres counterpart Mike Shildt that he would 'beat his a**' after the benches cleared on Thursday night. Tensions spilled over in Los Angeles after Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch, with players and coaches spilling on to the field in anger. As Tatis lay on the floor in agony, an irate Shildt stormed out of the bench and began to complain about the incident. Before long, both benches had emptied and fracas had ensued, with officials attempting to separate the two teams. No punches were thrown but Roberts could be seen trading words with Shildt, who had to be restrained by fellow San Diego staff members. An official attempted to calm Roberts down and lead him back towards the Dodgers bench. But, in another clip that soon flooded social media, the manager could be seen pointing and shouting 'I'm going to beat your a**!' Dave Roberts during the Dodgers, Padres benches-clearing moment: 'I'm gonna beat your a**.' — Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) June 20, 2025 Benches cleared in Los Angeles after Fernando Tatís Jr. was hit by a pitch. Managers Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt had a lot to say to each other. — The Comeback (@thecomeback) June 20, 2025 Dodgers manager Roberts and Padres manager Shildt were ejected following the tense back-and-forth exchange. 'I didn´t feel good about Tatis - great player, good guy - getting hit,' Roberts said. 'I didn´t feel good about it. 'And so as (Shildt) comes out, and he´s yelling at me and staring me down, that bothers me. Because, to be quite frank, that´s the last thing I wanted.' Shildt said he has respect for the Dodgers but seeing Tatis get hit three times by their pitchers in less than two weeks doesn't sit right. 'Whether it was (intentional) or it wasn't, enough is enough,' Shildt said. 'We got a guy who's getting X-rays right now, is one of the best players in the game, fortunately he's on our team, and this guy has taken shots, OK?' The teams waited more than two months to face each other for the first time this season and it took seven games over 11 days for the simmer to reach full boil. Dodgers right-hander Jack Little — making his major league debut — hit Tatis Jr. with a pitch in the ninth inning. Padres reliever Robert Suarez hit Shohei Ohtani with a pitch in the bottom of the ninth and was ejected. Tatis and Ohtani were each hit by pitches twice in the series. Xander Bogaerts homered among his four hits and scored three runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Thursday night to avoid a four-game sweep.
New York Times
5 hours ago
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- New York Times
What we're hearing about the White Sox, Mets and Royals' trade deadline plans, plus more MLB notes
The San Diego Padres are 26-31 since April 14. The Arizona Diamondbacks are 25-30 since April 17. We're cherry-picking dates, sure, but the point is that both teams sputtered after hot starts. And that's not the only thing they have common. Both clubs feature two quality starting pitchers who are eligible for free agency, one of whom is an underperforming ace. And both are run by general managers who are more inclined to buy than sell, and ultimately could end up doing both. Advertisement The deadline is still six weeks away. The fortunes of many teams might change, for better or worse. But both the Padres and Diamondbacks are dealing with significant pitching injuries, making it all the more difficult to gain traction in a division that includes the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Devers – er, Giants. Padres manager Mike Shildt acknowledged Wednesday that right-hander Michael King is expected to be out through at least the All-Star break with a pinched nerve in his throwing shoulder. Righty Yu Darvish has yet to pitch this season because of recurring elbow inflammation. And righty Joe Musgrove is out for the season after undergoing Tommy John surgery last October. The Diamondbacks' staff also is in bad shape. Staff ace Corbin Burnes and top reliever Justin Martinez recently underwent season-ending elbow surgeries. Another top reliever, A.J. Puk, has been out since April with a flexor strain. And lefty Jordan Montgomery underwent Tommy John surgery at the start of the season. Undaunted, Diamondbacks general manager Mike Hazen recently told MLB Network, 'Look, as long as we're playing well, and I believe that this team has the gas in the tank to go get it, we're going to try to add to this team.' Padres GM A.J. Preller has not made the same kind of public declaration, but the entire industry knows his intentions. And they almost certainly do not include the word 'sell.' For all their mediocrity the past two months, the Padres currently hold the third NL wild-card spot, and the Diamondbacks are only three games back. Imagine where the Padres might be if ace right-hander Dylan Cease's ERA wasn't 4.69. Imagine where the D-Backs might be if ace right-hander Zac Gallen's ERA wasn't 5.19. Both of their expected ERAs are lower. But neither has resembled the top-five NL Cy Young finisher each was in two of the past three years. Advertisement The Diamondbacks' need is obvious – pitching, both starting and relief. The Padres, in addition to a starter, also could use a left fielder, a bench bat and possibly another reliever for their overworked bullpen. Before the season, The Athletic's Keith Law ranked Arizona's system fourth in the majors, citing its strong young pipeline of young hitters, and placed San Diego only 25th. Hazen also can trade Eugenio Suárez, a potential free agent, to open third base for top prospect Jordan Lawlar. Suárez has 22 homers and an .846 OPS. His upbeat personality elevates the clubhouse. But subtracting from their top-five offense might be necessary for the Diamondbacks to improve the pitching. Preller's creativity, meanwhile, will face a new test. Perhaps he could deal from the deepest part of his roster and trade closer Robert Suarez, but such a move would further tax the bullpen. Any discussions also would be muddied by Suarez's contract, which includes $8 million player options for 2026 and '27 that he must exercise or decline simultaneously after the World Series. Oh, and another thing: Since May 11, Suarez has a 7.45 ERA. The potential losses of Suarez, Cease and King in free agency raise concerns for the Padres beyond 2025. But Preller, as always, will concern himself with the future later. Barring collapses, both he and Hazen will go for it. The question is how. No baseball transaction is made in a vacuum. But the Giants' trade for Rafael Devers wasn't predicated on a belief that the Padres and Diamondbacks soon might decline. Nor was it a reaction to the Dodgers' never-ending buildup, which should enable L.A. to remain a powerhouse for the foreseeable future. As Giants GM Zack Minasian can attest, trying to forecast a rival's fate often is futile. Minasian was with the Milwaukee Brewers when the Chicago Cubs won the 2016 World Series and seemed to be on the verge of a dynasty. It didn't turn out that way. With the Devers move, the Giants simply acted like any team wanting to win, trying to make their roster as strong as possible. Their long-term lineup will feature a nucleus of Devers, center fielder Jung Hoo Lee and first-base prospect Bryce Eldridge from the left side, shortstop Willy Adames, third baseman Matt Chapman and left fielder Heliot Ramos from the right. And, of course, catcher Patrick Bailey, infielder Casey Schmitt and others also figure to contribute. Advertisement The Giants still need one more bat, ideally at second base, where they entered Thursday with the fourth-worst OPS in the majors. The closest thing to a second baseman in the first installment of The Athletic's Top 30 trade candidates was the infielder at No. 29, Baltimore's Ramon Urías, who has played mostly third in his career. But perhaps opportunities will arise as the deadline gets closer. The Devers deal easily could end up the biggest of the 2025 trading season. And a week ago, the idea of the Giants acquiring him was unimaginable. Devers was valuable enough for the Boston Red Sox to insist upon the Giants taking the approximately $255 million remaining on his contract while absorbing only the approximately $32 million remaining on right-hander Jordan Hicks' deal. The Chicago White Sox recognize they are in no position to impose the same conditions on teams that express interest in their two most expensive players, outfielders Andrew Benintendi and Luis Robert Jr. In both cases, according to sources briefed on the team's plans, the White Sox are open to including cash in trades. Benintendi, 31, might be all but impossible to move. He is owed the balance of his $16.5 million salary this season, $16.5 next season and $14.5 million in 2027. No longer a quality defender, he derives almost all of his value from his left-handed bat, which is right around league average. Robert, who turns 28 on Aug. 3, is somewhat more attractive, a plus defender in center who has stolen 21 bases in 26 attempts. But while batting .192 with six homers and a .581 OPS, he, too, holds only so much appeal. The White Sox would pay down his salaries to enhance their return. The terms of Robert's contract, which includes the balance of his $15 million salary this season, plus separate $20 million options for 2026 and '27, would complicate any negotiations. An acquiring team might want to include contingencies under which the White Sox pay part of Robert's salaries if they exercise his option years. Advertisement The White Sox actually might find it easier to move their two rental starting pitchers, right-hander Adrian Houser, who is on a $1.35 million deal, and righty Aaron Civale, who is earning $8 million. Neither is anything close to an ace. Houser, though, has a 2.15 ERA in five starts. And the White Sox acquired Civale in part because they projected he would have more value at the deadline than the player they traded for him, first baseman/outfielder Andrew Vaughn. Another option for the White Sox is to keep one or both pitchers, helping reduce the burden on their younger starters in the second half. Look for the New York Mets to again leverage their pitching-rich farm system. After trading multiple minor-league pitchers last year, the Mets possess enough attractive arms in their farm system to supplement their roster without dealing their top pitching prospects, rival evaluators familiar with the organization said. The Mets traded four minor-league pitchers last year: Tyler Stuart (for Jesse Winker), Kade Morris (Paul Blackburn), Paul Gervase (Tyler Zuber) at the deadline and Eric Orze (Jose Siri) over the offseason. While all teams rank prospects from other clubs differently, four evaluators from separate organizations agreed that only Stuart and Orze belonged on a list of the top 15 pitching prospects in the Mets' farm system last year. If all four pitchers remained in the system this year, only Stuart would crack the backend of the ranking, the evaluators said. 'Such depth, especially with arms that other clubs like, makes them all the more dangerous when you add that they can probably take on money because of their owner and they're led by David Stearns in a good front office,' one National League GM said. The Mets are monitoring the market for help in center field and the bullpen, league sources said. Speculatively, other possible and more expensive targets such as a frontline starter may emerge. Advertisement The Mets' consensus top pitching prospects are Brandon Sproat, Nolan McLean, Jonah Tong, Jonathan Santucci, Blade Tidwell and Nate Dohm. Last summer, the Mets addressed modest needs such as middle relievers, rotation depth and a designated hitter through the depth of their farm system. This year, other clubs like a bunch of their pitchers beyond any public top-25 list. Zach Thornton, Douglas Orellana and others stir intrigue. Kansas City Royals shortstop Bobby Witt Jr. last season finished with an OPS+ 73 percent above league average, a performance that might have earned him American League MVP if not for the exploits of Aaron Judge. Different story this season. Witt entered Thursday with an OPS+ a mere 28 percent above league average. Still good, but not great. And one reason the Royals ranked 29th in runs per game, ahead of only the Pittsburgh Pirates. The good news is that Witt, according to a club official, recently found something in his work with the team's hitting coaches and biomechanical experts. He made an adjustment that put him in better position to hit, and in the past four games is 7-for-15 with a home run and three doubles. The Royals, though, need more than just Witt to get hot. While they are only 1 1/2 games back in the race for the final AL wild-card spot, they're wasting a rotation that entered Thursday ranked fourth in ERA. So it's reasonable to ask, would they trade a starting pitcher to get the slugging outfielder they need? At the moment, with left-hander Cole Ragans out until at least July with a rotator cuff strain, the question is premature. And even if Ragans returns by the deadline, any trade of a starter would risk compromising the Royals' biggest strength – a rotation that, like all rotations, is inherently fragile. Advertisement The Royals at last year's deadline acquired righty Michael Lorenzen to provide insurance in the event one of their starters was injured. It turned out Lorenzen himself got hurt, but the Royals re-signed him, in part to preserve their depth. Yet even now, they're thin. An injury to another starter might force the Royals to move Daniel Lynch IV or Angel Zerpa to the rotation, weakening their bullpen. Before doing that, though, they probably would try left-hander Rich Hill, 45, who produced a 4.50 ERA over eight innings in his first two starts for them at Triple A. Through May 17, the Los Angeles Angels' 7.04 bullpen ERA was the worst in the majors. But from May 18 through Wednesday, their bullpen ERA was 2.79, ranking fifth overall. And that was without right-hander Ben Joyce, who went on the injured list April 11 and underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. Journeyman righty Hunter Strickland has played a key role in the bullpen's resurgence, pitching 14 2/3 consecutive scoreless innings. Ryan Zeferjahn's overall ERA is 4.61 ERA overall, but 2.18 in wins. And perhaps the biggest difference is left-hander Reid Detmers, who has emerged as a late-inning force. Detmers, who had a 6.70 ERA in 17 starts last season and a 10.05 ERA after his first 12 relief appearances, has since worked 13 consecutive scoreless innings, earning two saves in the process. The Angels still see him as a future starter. But if he ends up a dominant late-inning reliever, they won't complain. As for the deadline, the Angels' roster includes a number of trade candidates on expiring contracts (infielder Luis Rengifo, lefty Tyler Anderson, closer Kenley Jansen), as well as outfielder Taylor Ward, who is under club control for one additional season. But even after Thursday's 7-3 loss to the New York Yankees, the Angels are only two games out in the race for the final AL wild-card spot. If they stay even reasonably close, selling is the last thing owner Arte Moreno will do. Advertisement Buying? And then, if the team falters, dumping before the Aug. 31 deadline for players to be eligible for postseason rosters? It could be 2023 all over again! As bad as some teams are, the rule that every club must be represented at the All-Star Game borders on ridiculous. The White Sox, though, could produce an intriguing All-Star story. The team leader in fWAR, right-hander Shane Smith, is a Rule 5 pick from the Milwaukee Brewers. Per STATS Perform, the last Rule 5 pick to make an All-Star team in the first year after he was selected in that draft was second baseman Dan Uggla with the Florida Marlins in 2006. Uggla also finished third in the NL Rookie of the Year balloting that season. White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas, acquired at last year's deadline in the three-team deal that cost the Sox right-hander Erick Fedde and reliever Michael Kopech, is the team's other leading All-Star contender. (Top photo of Luis Robert Jr.:)
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8 hours ago
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Dodgers, Padres take NL West rivalry to boiling point
Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, center is hit by a pitch thrown by San Diego Padres relief pitcher Robert Suarez, left as catcher Martin Maldonado watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yell at each other after Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yell at each other after Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, yells toward the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout after Fernando Tatis Jr., lower right, was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, center is hit by a pitch thrown by San Diego Padres relief pitcher Robert Suarez, left as catcher Martin Maldonado watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. kneels on the ground after being hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. kneels on the ground after being hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, center is hit by a pitch thrown by San Diego Padres relief pitcher Robert Suarez, left as catcher Martin Maldonado watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yell at each other after Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yell at each other after Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt, center, yells toward the Los Angeles Dodgers dugout after Fernando Tatis Jr., lower right, was hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, center is hit by a pitch thrown by San Diego Padres relief pitcher Robert Suarez, left as catcher Martin Maldonado watches during the ninth inning of a baseball game Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. kneels on the ground after being hit by a pitch during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, June 19, 2025, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) LOS ANGELES (AP) — It took seven games over 11 days for the simmer to reach full boil. The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres flashed playoff intensity in their long-awaited first two series of the season and went face-to-face, quite literally, after 10 batters were hit during a stretch the Dodgers owned on the scoreboard. Advertisement In winning five of the seven games, the Dodgers also hit Fernando Tatis Jr. with pitches three times. The last of those came in the eighth inning of Thursday's 5-3 Padres victory when the benches finally cleared after Tatis was hit near the right hand. While the staredown behind home plate was more peacock feathers than fisticuffs, Dodgers manager Dave Roberts and Padres manager Mike Shildt were ejected following a tense back-and-forth exchange. Afterward, the Padres' Manny Machado said his true feelings won't be known until Tatis gets results from X-rays and a CT scan. 'They gotta pray for (results) to come back negative tomorrow,' Machado said. 'They should. Us, too, but they should for sure.' Advertisement After Tatis was hit, the Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani took a pitch to the back of his right (pitching) shoulder from Robert Suarez. With Dodgers players starting to move over the dugout railing, Ohtani waved back his teammates and took first base. 'Well, I think he knew it was intentional,' Roberts said. 'He wasn't hurt by it, and he didn't want any more drama, which I respect that a lot.' Ohtani was hit twice in the series, each a half inning after Tatis was hit. The Dodgers' Andy Pages also was hit twice in the series. Roberts said he hoped Tatis does not miss extended time. 'I didn't feel good about Tatis — great player, good guy — getting hit,' Roberts said. 'I didn't feel good about it. And so as (Shildt) comes out, and he's yelling at me and staring me down, that bothers me. Because, to be quite frank, that's the last thing I wanted.' Advertisement Shildt said he has respect for the Dodgers but seeing Tatis get hit three times by their pitchers in less than two weeks doesn't sit right. He has also been hit by the Dodgers six times in his career, the most by any club. 'Whether it was (intentional) or it wasn't, enough is enough,' Shildt said. 'We got a guy who's getting X-rays right now, is one of the best players in the game, fortunately he's on our team, and this guy has taken shots, OK?' While the teams waited more than two months to face each other for the first time this season, there will be another two-month wait until they face off again Aug. 15-17 at Los Angeles and Aug. 22-24 at San Diego. 'It's going to be a fun ride,' Machado said. 'This division's freaking awesome, and it's going to be a fun ride going down the road. The Giants got better with (Rafael) Devers, and we know what these guys have on the other side. And what we have on this side. And obviously you can't count out Arizona. They've got a really good team over there. They're going to be battling. It's a four-headed monster battling it out, so it'll be an interesting second half.' ___ AP MLB:
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8 hours ago
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Contentious Dodgers-Padres series ends with benches clearing and managers ejected
Dodgers manager Dave Roberts yells at San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt after benches clear in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 5-3 loss Thursday night at Dodger Stadium. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Seven times in the last 10 days, the Dodgers and San Diego Padres have faced each other. In the last inning of the last one of those games Thursday night, mounting tensions between the clubs — and their respective managers — finally spilled onto the field. Advertisement At the end of the Padres' 5-3 win against the Dodgers, San Diego star Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit by a Dodgers pitcher for the third time over the two recent series between the National League West rivals. Moments later, Dave Roberts and Mike Shildt were face-to-face, engaged in a screaming match that prompted both benches to empty in a heated melee behind home plate. As soon as Tatis got plunked, taking a 93-mph fastball off his hands from debuting Dodgers rookie Jack Little, Shildt came storming out of the dugout, walking over to check on Tatis while barking in Roberts' direction. Whatever Shildt said, Roberts took exception. Suddenly, he was charging onto the field, too, meeting Shildt with a slight bump with his body while their two teams poured onto the field around them. The benches clear as Padres batter Fernando Tatis Jr. is assisted by a team trainer after being hit on the hand by a pitch from Dodgers reliever Jack Little. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Padres and Dodgers players stand on the field after the benches clear in the ninth inning. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) The scuffle didn't get overly physical, with some light shoving between the clubs pushing the pile into the screen behind home plate. But emotions were running hot the whole time, with Roberts and Shildt having to be separated before each was ejected. Advertisement The fireworks didn't stop there. After the Dodgers (46-30) scored twice in the bottom of the ninth, Shohei Ohtani was hit by Padres closer Robert Suarez with two outs. This time, the benches stayed put — in part, it appeared, because Ohtani waved for his teammates to stay in the dugout as he walked up the first-base line. But because the umpires had issued warnings after the previous skirmish, Suarez was ejected, forcing the Padres (40-34) to turn to Yuki Matsui with the tying run at the plate. Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani reacts after being hit by a pitch from Padres pitcher Robert Suarez in the ninth inning. Suarez was ejected. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times) Matsui nearly blew it, walking Miguel Rojas (who had been inserted for Mookie Betts the inning before, with the game seemingly out of reach at 5-0) to load the bases before spiking a breaking ball against Dalton Rushing (who had pinch-hit for Will Smith for the same reason) that bounced under the chest protector of catcher Martín Maldonado, plating a run and moving the Dodgers' other baserunners into scoring position. Advertisement Alas, Rushing struck out. The Padres held on. And a heated two-week stretch of rivalry baseball between the Southern California foes came to an end. Sign up for more Dodgers news with Dodgers Dugout. Delivered at the start of each series. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
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10 hours ago
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Both managers ejected in Dodgers-Padres brawl after Fernando Tatis Jr. HBP, SD retaliates with Shohei Ohtani plunking
Shohei Ohtani was one of the cooler heads in the ninth inning of Padres-Dodgers on Thursday. (Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images) A testy four-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres culminated in a ninth-inning brawl on Thursday, sparked by a Fernando Tatis hit-by-pitch. With the Dodgers down three runs in the eighth inning, the team brought in rookie Jack Little for his MLB debut. It wasn't the smoothest debut for the right-hander, who allowed four hits, two earned runs, a walk and, crucially, that HBP. Advertisement Little left a pitch high and inside on Tatis on a 1-1 count, hitting the two-time All-Star on the hand. In many games, that would be chalked up to a bad pitch by a nervous rookie who clearly didn't have his command. In a series that had already seen six total hit-by-pitches, some of them clearly retaliatory, the Padres saw it as one last shot before the two teams part ways until mid-August. Padres manager Mike Shildt immediately walked onto the field and berated the Dodgers dugout as he approached his player. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts came out to, er, discuss the matter with his colleague. Cue benches clearing and a lot of shoving. The brawl resulted in Roberts being pushed into the netting behind home plate, yelling "We'll talk later" at Shildt, according to the Dodgers broadcast. Advertisement The incident resulted in Shildt and Roberts both getting ejected, and Tatis exiting the game for pinch runner Trenton Brooks. The Padres took a five-run lead into the bottom of the ninth, so of course they decided to retaliate by having closer Robert Suarez throw at Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani. Suarez was quickly tossed from the game, while Ohtani waved off a few unhappy members of the Dodgers dugout from further escalating the conflict. The Ohtani HBP actually left the Dodgers in an awkward situation, as it put the tying run at home plate with two outs in the ninth with their 2-3-4 hitters — Mookie Betts, Will Smith, Freddie Freeman — due up and the Padres having to bring in a new reliever. That would have been cause for hope, except Roberts pulled his 2-3-4 hitters for Miguel Rojas, Dalton Rushing and Kiké Hernández in the eighth inning. Advertisement Rojas drew a walk against Yuki Matsui and a balk on a ball that went behind the catcher's chest protector set up Rushing for a game-tying hit, but the rookie struck out swinging on a full count to end the game. The Padres won 5-3. The win salvaged the series for the Padres, who lost the first three games of the week as well as two of three in a series last week. The total HBP count: two for Ohtani, two for Tatis, two Dodgers outfield Andy Pages, one for Jose Iglesias and one for Bryce Johnson. The 46-30 Dodgers still sit first place in the NL West, 3.5 games ahead of the San Francisco Giants and five games ahead of the Padres. It was an eventful day overall for Los Angeles, which saw an appearance by Department of Homeland Security agents in the morning and starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto lose an immaculate inning on a clearly blown call.
