Padres Rout Dodgers Amid Pitching Injury Crisis

The San Diego Padres defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers 11-1, responding to an earlier extra-inning loss and taking advantage of the Dodgers’ severely depleted pitching staff, which currently has 14 pitchers on the injured list. Manny Machado led the Padres with three hits and five RBIs, while Luis Arraez contributed three hits and scored four times. Dylan Cease broke his 11-start winless streak by pitching seven shutout innings with 11 strikeouts. Dodgers manager Dave Roberts left call-up Matt Sauer in for 111 pitches to preserve the bullpen and later used utilityman Kiké Hernández as a pitcher. The series is now tied, with both teams set to start young pitchers—Randy Vasquez for the Padres and Justin Wrobleski for the Dodgers—in Wednesday’s rubber match. The NL West rivalry remains intense, with both teams closely matched in the standings and playoff implications looming.