For five innings, the game was close. Then the sixth arrived, and the Los Angeles Dodgers turned a 1-1 tie into a rout. Nine runs in that inning finished Randy Vasquez and effectively ended the contest. The final score was 15-3, and it was not as close as that suggests.
Kyle Tucker was the offensive catalyst, going 3-for-5 with a home run and 4 RBI. His two-run homer to right in the sixth, which scored Tommy Edman, pushed the lead to 5-1 and was part of the inning's avalanche. Mookie Betts added a three-run homer to center — 402 feet — later in the same inning, scoring Shohei Ohtani and Andy Pages to make it 10-1. Tommy Edman contributed a double and a triple, driving in 3 runs. Freddie Freeman went 3-for-5 with 2 runs scored, and Max Muncy crossed the plate three times. The Dodgers finished with 17 hits.
The game turned in the sixth. Tied at 1-1, Freeman scored on a fielding error by second baseman Will Wagner to give Los Angeles a 2-1 lead — the go-ahead run. Edman then tripled to right, scoring Muncy. Tucker's two-run homer followed, and Dalton Rushing added a solo shot to right center at 399 feet. Freeland scored on a Freeman groundout, and Betts capped the inning with his three-run blast. San Diego managed one run in the bottom half on a Gavin Sheets single that scored Taylor, but the damage was done. The Dodgers added four more in the eighth and one in the ninth to reach 15.
Vasquez absorbed the loss, falling to 6-6. He allowed 7 runs — 5 earned — on 8 hits over 3.1 innings, throwing 79 pitches, with a ERA of 4.56. Yoshinobu Yamamoto earned the win, his eighth of the season, working 6.0 innings and allowing 2 runs on 5 hits with 4 strikeouts and 2 walks. Gavin Sheets provided San Diego's lone bright spot, going 3-for-4 with a solo home run to center in the fifth — 414 feet — that tied the game at 1-1, his 13th of the season.
Los Angeles improved to 52-30, holding first place in the division. San Diego, despite the loss, remains at 43-37, second in the division, having entered the game on a four-game winning streak.