Alex Freeland was the entire Dodgers offense for a second straight day with a solo home run in Saturday’s 5-1 loss. The Dodgers had only five hits on Friday and Saturday combined, their first time getting held to that low of a two-game hit total in four years.

Better approach and better results may turn out to be more significant than merely moving back into a tie for first.

Freddie Freeman belts two home runs, a solo homer in the 6th and a two-run home run in the 7th, in the Dodgers' 8-2 win over the Padres