Yamamoto sets the tone, Tucker breaks out as Dodgers bury Padres
SAN DIEGO — For five innings Saturday night, this looked like another tense Dodgers-Padres showdown, the kind decided by one swing or one mistake.
Los Angeles Dodgers right fielder Kyle Tucker (23) is welcomed into the dugout after hitting a two-run home run during the sixth inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. SAN DIEGO — For five innings Saturday night, this looked like another tense Dodgers-Padres showdown, the kind decided by one swing or one mistake.Then the Dodgers made every Padres mistake count.
Behind another composed outing from Yoshinobu Yamamoto and a long-awaited breakout from Kyle Tucker, the Dodgers erupted for nine runs in the sixth inning and never looked back, rolling to a 15-3 victory over the Padres at Petco Park.The win pushed the Dodgers to 53-30 while matching their highest-scoring game ever at Petco Park. It also marked the third time this season they've scored 15 runs, continuing to show the offensive ceiling that makes them one of baseball's most dangerous clubs.
The Dodgers are nine games ahead of the Padres in the division.And on this night, Tucker finally looked like the middle-of-the-order force the Dodgers have been waiting for.Kyle and Dalton go back-to-back!
pic.twitter.com/fzvnHwCvGa— Los Angeles Dodgers (@Dodgers) June 28, 202After going seven games without an extra-base hit and collecting just one over his previous 12 games, Tucker finished 3-for-5 with a season-high four RBIs, punctuating his night with a towering 398-foot, two-run homer that turned a close game into the beginning of a rout.
His blast came after Tommy Edman had already given the Dodgers the lead with an RBI triple, and it was part of a relentless sixth inning in which the Dodgers sent wave after wave to the plate.It wasn't just the home run that stood out. Tucker also battled through a nine-pitch at-bat before launching the no-doubter into the right-field seats, the type of plate appearance that can spark a hitter searching for rhythm.
If Tucker needed a confidence boost, Saturday may have provided it. Before the offensive explosion, however, Yamamoto made sure the Dodgers were in position to cap
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