Front Row Seat: Fireworks in game 1 as Dodgers top Padres

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Series Preview: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers

The Padres are looking to avoid a slide down the NL West standings as they arrive in Los Angeles to take on the Dodgers.

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Weekend Recap: Is the Padres’ window closing?

The NL West looks very different today than it did last week, and the Padres still have a lot of holes to fill as the Dodgers come to town.

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Dodgers' Andy Pages upset after HBP in arm from Dylan Cease - ESPN
"I probably shouldn't have reacted like that, but he doesn't miss with a slider on the corner, yet he can miss with a fastball?" Pages said in Spanish after the Dodgers' 6-3 win, noting that Cease missed inside by a whole quadrant.

Big inning pushes Dodgers past Padres for series-opening win - San Diego Union-Tribune
“We know that they have a good team,” Shildt said after the game. “We have a good team. They have star power. We have star power. … Whatever they have, they have. We show up and play our game, and we take our shot, and (we) feel pretty good about shaking hands in the ninth.”

Shohei Ohtani pitches, hits in game for first time since '23 - ESPN
Shohei Ohtani approached his first start, which qualifies as an extension of his pitching rehab, expecting to sit somewhere in the mid-90s with his fastball, as had been the case in the late stages of his progression. But the excitement of pitching in his first game in nearly two years took over, the adrenaline that comes with performing in front of 50,000-plus people swept over him, and before he knew it, Ohtani was overextending himself.

His 10th pitch Monday night clocked 100.2 mph. His 17th came in at 99.9 mph. It triggered excitement, but, also, to the members of the Los Angeles Dodgers who have vowed to be careful with his return to pitching, some caution.

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