With the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres meeting seven times in ten days, none of the games have lived up short of the type.
In a tight one-run game in the latest series opener on Thursday, the Dodgers were outlasted by the Padres, 3-2. The loss was the first defeat at home this season for the Dodgers. Los Angeles had a big chance with the bases loaded and one out in the eighth inning, but Sheldon Neuse, who hit his first major league home run earlier in the game, hit a rocket to the right side of the infield that resulted in an inning-ending double play.