Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres: Game, player stats and box scores for September 24

On Tuesday, the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres opened a crucial series at Dodger Stadium. The winner of this series will most likely clinch the NL West Division. The Padres are only three games behind their opponent as their fight for the playoffs continues.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts sent Landon Knack to the mound as their starter in the opener, while the Padres had Michael King go up against Knack. Shohei Ohtani got to an early start with a ground-rule double while Mookie helped to send him home. The Boys in Blue recorded an early 1-0 lead.

The Padres responded with a two-run home run at the top of the second. King had the bases loaded but worked his way around the jam by striking out Mookie Betts in the bottom of the second inning.

The Padres extended their lead to 3-1 in the top of the third inning with an RBI single by Xander Bogaerts. Jake Cronenworth recorded another RBI double in the top of the fourth as the Padres took a 4-1 lead.

The Padres gave up another run at the bottom of the ninth as Kike Hernandez drove in Will Smith. However, the Padres made an excellent triple play to get all three runners out.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres: Game and player stats

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Padres 91-66	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	1
Dodgers 93-64	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	9	0

Los Angeles Dodgers’ player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
S. Ohtani DH	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.301	.384	.640	1.024	3.5
M. Betts RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.293	.377	.500	.877	-1.5
F. Freeman 1B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.281	.378	.474	.852	0.0
T. Hernandez LF	3	0	2	0	0	1	1	0	.269	.338	.496	.834	3.5
M. Muncy 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	.237	.356	.504	.861	1.0
W. Smith C	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	.248	.326	.431	.757	4.0
T. Edman CF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	3	.264	.308	.463	.771	0.5
G. Lux 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.243	.313	.375	.688	-0.5
a- E. Hernandez PH-2B	2	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	.223	.275	.365	.641	3.0
M. Rojas SS	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.284	.336	.412	.748	1.0
Total	32	2	9	1	0	3	5	15	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
L. Knack (L, 3-5)	4.0	5	4	4	1	4	1	3.74	1.09	-1.0
B. Graterol	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.45	0.68	3.0
D. Hudson	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.05	1.03	2.5
E. Henriquez	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0.00	1.00	3.0
B. Honeywell	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.63	1.14	5.0
Total	9.0	8	4	4	1	7	1	-	-	-

San Diego Padres’ player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Arraez DH	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.315	.348	.385	.733	0.0
F. Tatis RF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.279	.342	.493	.836	-0.5
J. Profar LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.384	.469	.853	3.0
M. Machado 3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.276	.325	.478	.803	1.5
J. Merrill CF	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	2	.292	.325	.501	.826	1.5
X. Bogaerts SS	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	2	.261	.304	.379	.683	3.5
J. Cronenworth 2B	4	1	2	3	1	0	0	1	.245	.325	.395	.721	10.0
D. Solano 1B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.284	.341	.410	.751	2.5
K. Higashioka C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	.218	.264	.470	.734	2.0
Total	35	4	8	4	1	1	7	10	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. King (W, 13-9)	5.0	3	1	0	2	3	0	2.95	1.19	17.5
A. Morejon (H, 11)	0.2	1	0	0	1	1	0	2.87	1.29	0.5
J. Estrada (H, 15)	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.87	1.04	1.0
T. Scott (H, 11)	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.51	1.08	2.5
J. Adam (H, 26)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.88	0.82	2.0
R. Suarez (S, 35)	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	2.81	1.05	6.0
Total	9.0	9	2	1	3	5	0	-	-	-

Jake Cronenworth hit a home run tonight

Jake Cronenworth put the Padres on the board with a two-run home run deep to right field. The Padres had a strong pitching unit that worked their way around. Jurickson Profar made an excellent diving catch, which Ohtani smashed. Defensively, the Padres had a strong game as they dominated.

The Padres recorded an easy victory with a strong start to this series. They have inched one step closer to securing the NL West Divison. However, they must sweep their rival and win the series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Additionally, the Dodgers must lose at least one or two games against the Rockies.

Dylan Cease and Jack Flaherty, as predicted, will start in Game 2 tomorrow. The Padres have clinched their ticket to the postseason after their huge success.