Teoscar Hernández emerges from a slump to hit a key three-run homer as Dodgers win rubber game of three-game series with Padres.

Wearing the No. 51 popularized in San Diego by Padres Hall of Fame reliever Trevor Hoffman, Alpine product Alex Vesia closed out L.A.’s victory with three strikeouts. The save was the left-hander’s 10th of his career and first in San Diego. After the final whiff, the Steele Canyon High School alum screamed several times.

Andy Pages' RBI double snapped a 10th-inning tie and lifted the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers to an 8-7 win over the San Diego Padres on Monday.

Tanner Scott delivers clutch extra-innings save vs. Padres as Dodgers edge NL West rival behind key bullpen performance.

The standings did not reveal it, but over the weekend, the gap between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres was as wide as ever. Last October, the Dodgers flew two planes on the road — one for players;