ESPN.com · Oct 10, 2024
Dodgers force do-or-die Game 5 with shutout win over Padres
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SAN DIEGO -- Mookie Betts homered for the second straight night, Shohei Ohtani hit an RBI single and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat Dylan Cease and the San Diego Padres 8-0 Wednesday night to force a deciding Game 5 in their tense National League Division Series.
Will Smith and Gavin Lux each hit a two-run homer for the Dodgers, who snapped a two-game losing streak and now return home for the next matchup between the NL West rivals on Friday night.
"We have a bunch of grinders, a bunch of fighters," Betts said after the Dodgers posted the largest shutout win in franchise postseason history. "We knew it wasn't going to be easy."