The Dodgers showed signs of turning it around of late with a nice little three-game winning streak and two more with the Padres coming up in Mexico, but because they can’t have anything nice, the pen imploded again and they fell 7-4.
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Kenta Maeda has struggled early in games this year despite being effective overall with stellar peripherals and that trend continued today as he allowed a triple to start the game and then a homer to Eric Hosmer to put the Padres up in the 1st. However, he did allow his first run all year past the 3rd as well, issuing a walk and allowing a single in the 4th before the run scored on a sacrifice fly that was actually a stellar play by Alex Verdugo.