Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres Game Player Stats and Box Scores for September 26

On Thursday, the Los Angeles Dodgers faced the San Diego Padres in their final regular-season meeting at Dodger Stadium. Both teams have made it to the postseason, and the chances of locking horns again are possible.

Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove started strongly, preventing the Dodgers from scoring in the first six innings.

Walker Buehler, who took the mound for LA, also had a decent start. However, he gave up the first run of the game in the fifth when Luis Arraez recorded an RBI groundout and put the Padres on the board.

Xander Bogaerts recorded a sacrifice fly in the top of the sixth against Evan Phillips. The Padres took a 2-0 lead after six innings, but Will Smith tied the game with a two-run shot in the seventh.

Shohei Ohtani came in to save his team again with a go-ahead RBI single against Tanner Scott. Right after Ohtani's go-ahead run, Mookie Betts drove in two runs for the team, increasing their lead to 5-2.

Andy Pages' two-run homer in the eighth inning sealed the deal for the Dodgers.

Los Angeles Dodgers vs San Diego Padres Game Player Stats

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Padres 91-68	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	8	2
Dodgers 95-64	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	X	7	11	0

Los Angeles Dodgers’ player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
S. Ohtani DH	5	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	.305	.387	.643	1.030	6.0
M. Betts RF	4	0	2	2	0	1	0	1	.292	.376	.495	.871	5.0
F. Freeman 1B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.282	.378	.476	.854	2.0
C. Taylor 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.182	.282	.266	.548	-0.5
T. Hernandez LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	3	.268	.336	.492	.829	0.5
K. Kiermaier CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.231	.308	.539	0.0
M. Muncy 3B	3	1	0	0	0	1	1	3	.231	.357	.493	.850	1.5
W. Smith C	4	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	.246	.325	.433	.758	7.0
T. Edman SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.258	.304	.453	.757	-1.0
G. Lux 2B	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.247	.315	.379	.694	1.5
a- E. Hernandez PH-1B	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.279	.368	.646	4.0
A. Pages CF-LF	3	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	.251	.306	.406	.712	7.5
Total	35	7	11	7	2	3	7	13	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
W. Buehler	5.0	5	1	1	1	1	5.38	1.55	8.5
E. Phillips	0.2	2	1	1	0	0	3.69	1.21	-1.0
A. Banda (W, 3-2)	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	3.14	1.27	11.0
B. Treinen (H, 16)	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	1.93	0.94	2.0
M. Kopech	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	3.59	1.15	2.5
Total	9.0	8	2	2	2	2	-	-	-

San Diego Padres’ player stats

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
L. Arraez 1B	4	0	0	1	0	0	1	.315	.348	.385	.733	1.0
F. Tatis RF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.283	.347	.504	.851	3.5
J. Profar LF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.282	.381	.464	.845	2.0
M. Machado 3B	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	.278	.329	.479	.807	3.0
J. Merrill CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.290	.323	.498	.821	0.0
X. Bogaerts SS	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	.264	.308	.383	.691	4.0
J. Cronenworth 2B	4	0	0	0	0	1	3	.242	.325	.391	.716	-0.5
D. Peralta DH	1	1	0	0	1	0	1	.265	.333	.420	.754	2.0
a- D. Solano PH-DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.278	.334	.401	.735	0.0
K. Higashioka C	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	.218	.264	.471	.734	2.0
Total	32	2	8	2	2	2	17	-	-	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
J. Musgrove	6.1	5	2	2	1	6	1	3.88	1.17	17.0
T. Scott (L, 9-6)	0.2	3	3	2	1	0	0	1.77	1.13	-9.0
B. Hoeing	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	2.28	1.07	-2.0
Y. Matsui	0.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	3.82	1.17	-0.5
Total	8.0	11	7	6	3	7	2	-	-	-

Will Smith and Andy Pages hit home runs

Will Smith smashed a two-run home run against Musgrove in the bottom of the seventh inning. Smith launched one deep to center field to get his team back into the race.

Andy Pages smashed a two-run monster home run in the bottom of the eighth inning.

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Los Angeles clinched the NL West Division with the win. The franchise has won 11 division titles in the last 12 seasons. It also marked Ohtani's first division title. He will feature in the postseason for the first time in his career.

The Dodgers will play three games against the Colorado Rockies before heading to the postseason. Yoshinobu Yamamoto is predicted to start against the Rockies in Game 2.

As for the Padres, they clinched a Wild Card spot and are left with three games against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Yu Darvish is predicted to start in Game 1.

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