The Los Angeles Dodgers faced off against their former shortstop Manny Machado, for the first time this spring on Thursday night, and they routed his new team, the San Diego Padres, in Peoria.
Los Angeles scored early and often against Padres starter Robbie Erlin and were able to carry that momentum all the way to a 12-0 victory.
A.J. Pollock led off the game with a line drive single to center, further cementing his projected role as the team’s primary leadoff man. He later scored on a two-out single off the bat of Chris Taylor.
The Dodgers then added another run in the top of the second on a solo home run by catcher Austin Barnes, his first of the spring.