A testy four-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres culminated in a ninth-inning brawl on Thursday, sparked by a Fernando Tatis hit-by-pitch. With the Dodgers down three runs in the eighth inning,

Amid baseball’s most heated rivalry, the benches cleared Thursday at Dodger Stadium after San Diego Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was plunked, and Padres manager Mike Shildt and Dodgers counterpart Dave Roberts confronted each other in the immediate aftermath.

Shohei Ohtani has been hit by a pitch from San Diego Padres starter Randy Vásquez in the third inning, and Los Angeles Dodgers manager Dave Roberts was ejected after arguing on the field

Xander Bogaerts homered among his four hits and scored three runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 to avoid a four-game sweep.