SAN DIEGO — Freddie Freeman hit a three-run homer and Amed Rosario and Mookie Betts also connected for the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers, who beat San Diego 8-2 on Sunday night to spoil Rich Hill’s debut with the Padres.
Lance Lynn (8-9) had an impressive second start for the Dodgers as they defeated the Padres for the seventh time in nine games this season and kept them from reaching .500 for the first time since May 11.
Lynn allowed a no-doubt home run to Gary Sánchez in the third inning but otherwise quieted an inconsistent Padres offense that had broken loose Saturday night in an 8-3 win. The 36-year-old Lynn, acquired from the Chicago White Sox on July 28, held the Padres to one run and four hits while striking out six and walking two in six innings. The top four batters in San Diego’s order had just one hit, a single by leadoff man Ha-Seong Kim.
Hill (7-11), a 43-year-old lefty obtained Tuesday from Pittsburgh along with Ji Man Choi, lasted only three innings in his shortest start of the season. He allowed six runs and four hits. The Padres are Hill’s 13th team. He also pitched for the Dodgers from 2016-19.
The Dodgers led 6-0 before Hill got six outs.
“It’s big,” Freeman said. “We knew we had to get there early because we knew shadows were coming. That’s kind of the big thing in these kind of games with weird start times that you’ve got to score runs early because we know it’s going to be hard in the middle part of the game.”
Rosario hit a two-run, opposite-field shot into the right field home run porch with two outs in the first, his fifth. Freeman was aboard after getting hit by a pitch.
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Lance Lynn works against a San Diego Padres batter during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 6, 2023, in San Diego. Credit: AP/Gregory Bull
Freeman homered deep into the seats in right with two outs in the second, his 23rd, for a 6-0 lead. It came two batters after the Padres appeared to have gotten Kiké…
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