LOS ANGELES—Mookie Betts hit a tiebreaking, three-run homer with two outs in the fifth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers held off the San Diego Padres 5-4 on Sept. 11. The Dodgers remained 2 1/2 games behind NL West-leading San Francisco. Betts drove in four of the Dodgers’ five runs. He had a sacrifice fly in the third that made it 2-0. Fernando Tatis Jr. slugged a two-run shot, his NL-leading 38th, on the first pitch from Walker Buehler that tied the game at 2 in the fourth. Buehler (14-3) allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked two. “Tonight probably wasn’t my best,” said Buehler, whose 2.31 ERA is three points behind NL leader and teammate Max Scherzer. “Kind of forget about it now.” Buehler drew a key walk from Chris Paddock that set up Betts, who blasted his 20th homer …
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