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Final: Dodgers blow lead, rally back to beat Padres

/ STAFF WRITER

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw throws to the plate during the second inning of Friday's game against the Padres at Petco Park in San Diego.

SAN DIEGO – If it's any consolation, the Dodgers’ bullpen isn’t the only one that can treat a lead like a wet bar of soap.

For the fourth time in the past nine games, the Dodgers blew a lead in the seventh inning or later, this time allowing three runs in the bottom of the seventh Friday night at Petco Park. But they reclaimed a 4-3 victory over the San Diego Padres with two runs in the eighth as the Padres' 'pen returned the favor

Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw didn't look like he was going to need much help.