Stone perfect into 6th inning and Betts drives offense as Dodgers beat Padres 5-2 in testy game
Mookie Betts had three hits and two RBIs, rookie Gavin Stone retired his first 15 batters and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 5-2 in a testy game delayed more than two hours by rain
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Mookie Betts had three hits and two RBIs, rookie Gavin Stone retired his first 15 batters and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Saturday night in a testy game delayed more than two hours by rain.
The benches and bullpens cleared in the fifth inning when Dodgers catcher Will Smith and Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar exchanged heated words at home plate. But the altercation didn’t go beyond that.
“He took offense to a cutter inside. He was staring at Stoney, and I felt like I needed to say something. I thought the whole thing was kind of silly, stupid, whatever you want to call it,” Smith said. “I don't know why he thought we were trying to hit him there. It was kind of weird.”
Asked if he thought Stone was trying to hit him because he squared to bunt, Profar said: “For a moment, I thought so. But he was throwing a perfect game, so he wouldn’t do that.”
