The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers exited Petco Park in lockstep and bid the other farewell for the rest of the season. Well, at least until October. The heated National League West rivals staged six games the past two weekends and played each other to a virtual standstill,

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.

With 14 wins, a 2.38 ERA and 11.20 strikeouts per nine innings, Garrett Crochet is primed to thwart Tarik Skubal’s AL Cy Young defense. Hard to believe Trent Grisham hitting a career-high 25 homers on top of what Aaron Judge does isn’t enough for the Yankees to be running away with the AL East.