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Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a game against the San Diego Padres on Friday, June 26, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Derrick Tuskan)\nPitching matchups<\/p>\n
San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers<\/p>\n
Game 1: 7:10 p.m. Thursday (Padres.TV, MLB Network)
\nGame 2: 7:10 p.m. Friday (Padres.TV)
\nGame 3: 7:10 p.m. Saturday (Padres.TV, KFMB 8.1\/CBS, TV Azteca)
\nGame 4: 4:20 p.m. Sunday (NBC\/Peacock)<\/p>\n
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In the standings<\/p>\n
San Diego Padres (43-42, 2nd in NL West)<\/p>\n
The Padres have followed a four-game winning streak with a five-game skid that they carry into Dodger Stadium. They are 12 games behind the Dodgers and just a half-game up on the third-place Diamondbacks in the NL West. They are also two games out of the NL\u2019s last wild-card spot. The Padres\u2019 minus-36 run differential is ninth-worst in the majors.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles Dodgers (56-31, 1st in NL West)<\/p>\n
The Dodgers have baseball\u2019s best record and run differential (plus-157), nearly 30 runs better than the next-best team. The Dodgers have won four of six so far against the Padres, all at Petco Park. The final series between the two teams will be played Sept. 22-24 at Dodger Stadium, the second-to-last series of the regular season.<\/p>\n
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Trending<\/p>\n
San Diego: The Padres have lost five in a row and each of their last two series following the sweep of the Braves. 3B Manny Machado, OF Fernando Tatis Jr. and 1B Gavin Sheets both have two homers each over the last six games and Tatis and Sheets both have five RBIs over that stretch. Machado has a 1.042 OPS over those six games, while OF Jackson Merrill has a .448 OPS over those games. In the bullpen, RHP Ron Marinaccio (3\u2153 IP, 7 ER) and LHP Kyle Hart (4\u2154 IP, 6 ER) have been bullied, while Wandy Peralta did not allow a run in 4\u2154 innings.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles: SS Mookie Betts has two homers and seven RBIs over the last week. The two homers is tops on the team over that stretch, while seven RBIs are tied for the team lead with OF Tommy Edman. Three Dodgers have an OPS over 1.000 over the last week\u20141B Freddie Freeman (1.265), Edman (1.139) and Betts (1.073). DH Shohei Ohtani (.680) is the only regular with an OPS over .720 over that stretch. LHP Jack Dreyer (3 \u2154 IP) has not allowed a run in any of the four games he\u2019s pitched over the last week.<\/p>\n
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Dodgers starting pitcher Roki Sasaki throws to the plate during the first inning of a game against the San Diego Padres on Friday, June 26, 2026, in San Diego. (AP Photo\/Derrick Tuskan)
\nPitching matchups<\/p>\n
Thursday<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Randy V\u00e1squez (6-6, 4.44 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He pitched behind an opener last weekend against the Dodgers, allowing seven runs\u2014four earned\u2014on eight hits and a walk in 3\u2153 innings. V\u00e1squez has a 7.34 ERA over his last seven appearances, walking 13 against 15 strikeouts over 30\u2154 innings. He has allowed nine homers over that stretch.<\/p>\n
Dodgers RHP Roki Sasaki (3-5, 4.88 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 The second-year starter took the loss in the Dodgers\u2019 only loss last weekend at Petco Park. He tied a season high with five walks and allowed three runs in four innings in his first career appearance against the Padres. Sasaki has an 8.36 ERA over his last three starts.<\/p>\n
Friday<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Michael King (5-7, 3.55 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He hoped he\u2019d turned a corner by starting the previous homestand with five strikeouts and no walks over seven shutout innings to beat the Braves to start the previous homestand. King, however, allowed four runs on three hits, four walks and two hit batters in 4\u2153 innings in a loss on Sunday to these same Dodgers. King has two quality starts in his last seven starts (5.45 ERA).<\/p>\n
Dodgers RHP Shohei Ohtani (8-2, 1.58 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019s pitching on a season-high eight days of rest after having his start pushed back to manage his workload. He\u2019s allowed two earned runs or less 11 of his 13 starts. Ohtani beat the Padres with five shutout innings at Petco Park in May. He struck out four and scattered three hits and two walks.<\/p>\n
Saturday<\/p>\n
Padres RHP Griffin Canning (1-5, 7.09 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 After two bulk duty assignments (5 IP, 5 ER), Canning was back on the mound to start Monday in Chicago and he allowed two runs on five hits and two walks in 4\u2153 innings in a no-decision. Canning allowed three runs on four hits and a walk in five innings against the Dodgers in May at Petco Park.<\/p>\n
Dodgers RHP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (8-5, 2.67 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019s spun six quality starts in his last seven trips to the mound (1.70 ERA) and has thrown two quality starts at the Padres twice this year. In those games, Yamamoto has struck out 12, walked four and allowed a 2.08 ERA over 13 innings.<\/p>\n
Sunday<\/p>\n
Padres LHP JP Sears (1-1, 6.97 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He followed up a win over the Braves in his 2026 debut (5\u2154 IP, 2 ER) with a clunker at Wrigley Field (4 \u2154 IP, 8 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 3 BBs). Sears\u2019 only history with the Dodgers was back in a loss in 2023 (5 IP, 2 ER) with the Athletics.<\/p>\n
Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-5, 5.08 ERA)\u00a0\u00a0 |\u00a0\u00a0 He\u2019s got a 4.15 ERA in three career starts (13 IP) against the Padres, including two this year (8 IP, 5 ER). Sheehan has five quality starts in 15 trips to the mound this year.<\/p>\n
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Qualifying leaders<\/p>\n
OPS: Padres\u20141B Gavin Sheets (.785), OF Fernando Tatis Jr. (.720), 3B Manny Machado (.674); Dodgers\u2014DH Shohei Ohtani (.939), 1B Freddie Freeman (.887), 3B Max Muncy (.871).
\nHRs: Padres\u2014Machado (16), Sheets (14), 1B Ty France (10); Dodgers\u2014Ohtani (18), Muncy (17), OF Andy Pages (16).
\nRBIs: Padres\u2014Machado (46), Sheets (38), Tatis (33); Dodgers\u2014Pages (60), Ohtani (50), Freeman (47).
\nSteals: Padres\u2014Tatis (19), OF Jackson Merrill (18), Bogaerts (10); Dodgers\u2014Pages (8), Ohtani (6), OF Kyle Tucker (6).
\nSaves: Padres\u2014RHP Mason Miller (21-for-21, 0.78 ERA); Dodgers\u2014LHP Tanner Scott (11-for-12, 2.10 ERA), RHP Edwin D\u00edaz (4-for-5, 10.50 ERA).
\nHolds: Padres\u2014RHP Jason Adam (17, 2.51 ERA), LHP Adri\u00e1n Morej\u00f3n (14, 3.32 ERA), RHP Jeremiah Estrada (6, 3.48 ERA); Dodgers\u2014LHP Alex Vesia (13, 2.60 ERA), RHP Will Klein (11, 2.51 ERA), RHP Kyle Hurt (8, 3.58 ERA).<\/p>\n
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Training room<\/p>\n
San Diego: C Luis Campusano (toe, oblique) homered in his first rehab game on Monday with Triple-A El Paso. RHPs Germ\u00e1n M\u00e1rquez (forearm nerve) and Matt Waldron (brachialis) are also rehabbing with El Paso. RHP Jeremiah Estrada (knee) has remained so far in Arizona. RHPs Nick Pivetta (flexor) and Joe Musgrove (elbow) have moved their rehab work to the mound. OF Ram\u00f3n Laureano (hip) is likely done for the year following surgery.<\/p>\n
Los Angeles: LHP Blake Snell (elbow) threw a 15-pitch bullpen on Friday, the first of likely four before facing hitters following his NanoScope procedure to remove loose bodies. C Will Smith (neck) will return in early July. The pitching staff is also without RHPs Blake Treinen (elbow), Brock Stewart (foot), Edwin D\u00edaz (elbow), Tyler Glasnow (back), Evan Phillips (Tommy John), Gavin Stone (shoulder), Brusdar Graterol (shoulder, back), Ben Casparius (shoulder), Landon Knack (intercostal), Jake Cousins (Tommy John) and Bobby Miller (shoulder). UT Kike Hernandez (oblique) could return after the All-Star break.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers Game 1: 7:10 p.m. Thursday (Padres.TV, MLB Network) Game 2: 7:10…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":383874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[181,1334,74,76,75,2611,127],"class_list":["post-383873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-latest-headlines","tag-mlb","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-san-diego-padres","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=383873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/383873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/383874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=383873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=383873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=383873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}