The game turned in the second inning and never turned back. Ty France's three-run homer to left — 372 feet, with Manny Machado and Gavin Sheets scoring ahead of him — gave San Diego a lead it would not relinquish, and Walker Buehler did the rest. The Padres won 7-1 Friday night at Petco Park before 43,153 fans, extending their winning streak to three games.
Buehler was the story on the mound. The right-hander worked 5.1 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits, walking 3 and striking out 5 on 74 pitches. He picked up his fifth win against three losses, carrying a 3.81 ERA. It was the kind of start that keeps a rotation steady — not overpowering, but efficient enough to let the offense breathe.
France finished 1-for-2 with a walk, 3 RBI and a run scored. His 10th home run of the season came with the game still scoreless for San Diego, and it answered Mookie Betts's solo shot from the top half of the inning. Betts had homered to left (360 feet) to put Los Angeles up 1-0, but France's blast flipped the scoreboard to 3-1 before the second inning was done. Fernando Tatis went 2-for-5 with an RBI, and Sung-Mun Song added a two-RBI single in the eighth as San Diego piled on four more runs to close out the scoring.
Roki Sasaki lasted just 4.0 innings for Los Angeles, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits while issuing 5 walks and striking out 2 on 81 pitches. He fell to 3-5 with a 4.88 ERA. The five walks were the defining problem — San Diego did not need to do much damage to make them count. After the second inning, the Dodgers never threatened again, and the Padres' bullpen held a 3-1 lead through the seventh before the offense added four in the eighth on Song's single, a double by Durán that scored Song, and a single by Tatis that brought Durán home.
San Diego improved to 42-37, winners of three straight. Los Angeles, despite the loss, remains at 52-29 atop the division, its own three-game winning streak snapped.