ECM PADRES REPORT: PADRES GET 3-1 SERIES WIN OVER DODGERS WITH 6-4 WIN

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Story by Liz Alper

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September 3, 2017 (San Diego) - You know those pop songs that talk about what a great day it is?  Like #PerfectDay that’s on The Nut Job 2 credits?  That was probably what the Padres were singing yesterday as they swept the Dodgers in a day-night doubleheader and took a 2-1 series lead.  Now it was time to take the series today with Alex Wood on the mound for the Dodgers against Jhoulys Chacin.

They got off to a good start.  Jose Pirela scored when Wil Myers stole second in the first and the Padres took a 1-0 lead.

The bare minimum of effort was good enough until the fourth inning when Chris Taylor took Chacin yard with a sky high home run to center to tie the game.  Justin Turner gave the Dodgers their first lead with an RBI double that scored Curtis Granderson for a 2-1 lead.

Oooh, the Padres were mad about that.  After a leadoff double by Matt Szczur in the home half of the fourth, Erick Aybar launched a two-run homer and with two swings of the bat, the Padres were back on top 3-2.

Pirela blasted another homer into the upper left field deck in the fifth and the Padres led 4-2.

The Dodgers got one back in the seventh when Yasmani Grandal hit a sac fly that scored Cody Bellinger, but the Padres kept the 4-3 lead.

More insurance was needed, and Myers came through with a two-RBI single in the seventh and finally kick Wood out of the game.  Luis Avilan came in and got the Dodgers out of the inning, but not before the Padres increased their lead to 6-3.

Of course, Bellinger can’t go a day without showing off, so he blasted a high last-minute homer in the ninth, but that was nothing as the Padres took the series from the Dodgers 3-1 with a 6-4 win.

The Padres are done with the NL West for a little bit and will host the Cardinals for four games starting tomorrow.  Game one is a rare Monday day game at 1:40 p.m.  Carlos Martinez will start for the Cards against Luis Perdomo.