LOS ANGELES -- Matt Kemp hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning against his former team, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.
Chris Hatcher (2-3) walked pinch-hitter Brett Wallace leading off the eighth, and Jon Jay followed with a bouncing single off the pitcher's right leg that caromed past diving third baseman Justin Turner and sent pinch-runner Travis Jankowski to third.
One out later, Kemp drove an 0-2 pitch into the Dodgers' bullpen in left for his seventh homer of the season -- and the third allowed by Hatcher in 10 2/3 innings.