Freddie Freeman homered in back-to-back innings, rookie Dalton Rushing hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the seventh and the Los Angeles Dodgers evened the NL West race once again with an 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres.

Cortes threw an inside fastball in Game 1 of the World Series last October that Freeman hit into the right-field pavilion at Dodger Stadium for the first walk-off grand slam in the event’s history. It began a run in which Freeman homered in four consecutive games, extending his World Series home run streak to six games.

Shohei Ohtani had a little fun with a heckler during Sunday’s 8-2 win over the Padres. A fan sitting near the Dodgers’ dugout had been giving the star a hard time during the course of the game at Petco Park. So when Ohtani hit a ninth-inning solo home run to extend Los Angeles’ lead to six, he made sure to let the fan have it right back.

Shohei Ohtani silenced a heckler with his 45th homer as Dodgers beat Padres 8-2, tying for the NL West lead with 31 games remaining.

The Los Angeles Dodgers have fallen out of the top spot in the NL West, but they’ll aim to get a game back on Sunday in a pick’em scenario against the San Diego

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