Yasmani Grandal and the Padres defeat the Dodgers 3-2 in 12 innings
By Joel Burdeos
San Diego, CA- The San Diego Padres continued to play their role of second half spoiler as they defeated the NL West-leading Los Angeles Dodgers 3-2 on a walk-off RBI single by Yasmani Grandal in the bottom of 12th.
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The Padres would score the games first run in the bottom of the 2nd on a sacrifice fly by Rene Rivera to give the Padres a 1-0 lead.
The Dodgers would tie the game at 1-1 on an RBI double by Hanley Ramirez in the top of the third.
The Padres would reclaim the lead in the bottom of the 4th on an RBI single by Alexi Amarista.
The Dodgers would tie the game at 2-2 in the top of the eighth on a solo-home run by Hanley Ramirez off Dale Thayer.
Amarista lead off the bottom of the 12th with a single to left off. Yangervis Solarte and Abraham Almonte were both walked to load the bases with only one out.
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Then with Seth Smith at the plate the Dodgers would use a four-man shift between first and second against the left-handed hitting Smith. Smith of course would hit right into the four-man shift for the second out of the inning.
Grandal would follow and end the game on a walk-off RBI single to give the Padres a 3-2 win.
Andrew Cashner was solid in his second start since returning from the disabled list, allowing only one run on six hits with eight strikeouts om six innings of work.
RHP Ian Kennedy (10-11, 3.75) will take the mound for the Padres today against Dodgers RHP Zack Greinke (12-8, 2.75) in game two of the three game series.