{
  "id": 9497186,
  "title": "Machado powers the Padres past the Dodgers 5-1, snapping Los Angeles' 11-game home winning streak",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/24/machado-powers-the-padres-past-the-dodgers-5-1-snapping-los-angeles",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-24T05:33:38.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yahoo Sports",
    "slug": "yahoo-sports",
    "url": "https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/machado-powers-padres-past-dodgers-053338191.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "In a game held on Wednesday night, Manny Machado led the San Diego Padres to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, thus reclaiming the top spot in the National League wild-card standings. This victory ended the Dodgers' 11-game home winning streak and prevented them from securing either the No. 2 seed in the National League or a first-round playoff bye. The Padres (88-70) were unable to clinch their third consecutive playoff berth due to Arizona's 5-3 win over Colorado. However, they need only one more win or a Diamondbacks loss to secure their postseason berth. San Diego leads Chicago (87-71) and Philadelphia (87-71) by a single game for the first National League wild card, which would grant them home-field advantage throughout a best-of-three series. During his return from the injured list, Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers went 1 for 4, contributing a single, a walk, and two strikeouts, before ending his at-bat by swinging at the ball with the bases loaded in the fourth inning. His long drive to center field was caught near the wall in the opening of the eighth inning. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (14-9) started for the Dodgers, allowing the Padres to take a 2-0 lead on Manny Machado's 409-foot homer to center, which scored Dustin Harris, who was hit by a pitch from Yamamoto during the bottom half of the fourth inning. The Dodgers narrowed the gap to 2-1 in the bottom half of the same inning when Teoscar Hernández scored on Tommy Edman's sacrifice fly on the first pitch from reliever David Morgan. San Diego extended their lead to 4-1 in the fifth inning on Machado's shallow sacrifice fly, following an error by Yamamoto, the team's pitcher. The Padres further solidified their lead in the ninth inning with Freddy Fermin's RBI single, driven home by Samad Taylor's walk and steals of second and third bases on consecutive pitches from reliever Blake Treinen. Bradgley Rodriguez (4-3) secured the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Robbie Ray (3-2, 3.30 ERA) started for the Padres and allowed just one run and seven hits over 3 1/3 innings, needing 70 pitches to complete the first three innings. The next game sees the Padres' RHP Nick Pivetta (3-2, 3.30 ERA) pitch against the Dodgers' RHP Tyler Glasnow (5-1, 3.46) in the series finale.",
  "summary": "Manny Machado homered and drove in three runs as the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Wednesday night to take sole possession of the top spot in the National League wild-card standings. The loss snapped the NL West champions' 11-game home winning streak and kept the Dodgers (97-61) from clinching at least the No. 2 seed in the National League and a first-round playoff bye. The…",
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    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yahoo Sports",
        "title": "Dodgers vs. Padres game chat",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/dodgers-vs-padres-game-chat",
        "published": "2026-09-23T01:55:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Winnipeg Free Press",
        "title": "Dodgers score 5 two-out runs off Padres starter Michael King in 7-0 victory",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/dodgers-score-5-two-out-runs-off-padres-starter-michael-king-in-7-0-9280807",
        "published": "2026-09-23T05:27:30.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Japan Times",
        "title": "Dodgers extend home winning streak to 11 with shutout of Padres",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/dodgers-extend-home-winning-streak-to-11-with-shutout-of-padres",
        "published": "2026-09-23T07:00:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}