Baseball: Darvish roughed up as Dodgers sweep series against Padres
Shohei Ohtani singled to right and Mookie Betts walked before Freddie Freeman hit a three-run shot to center in the first inning at Dodger Stadium. Darvish expressed regret over the pitch that led to Freeman's homer.
"I did something wasteful, stupid against Freemen in the first," said the right-hander after he went with a four-seamer down the middle when he was up 0-2 in the count.
He also allowed a solo shot to Andy Pages with two outs in the inning, while Ohtani came within meters of a home run in the second when his fly was caught on the warning track by left fielder Ramon Laureano.
Darvish regrouped, however, as he retired his last nine batters straight before he got the hook after four innings, striking out five while allowing three hits and two walks in an 82-pitch effort.
"The rest wasn't bad," Darvish said. "I was a bit off in the bullpen (during practice), but my pitches were good from the first inning."
The Padres scored a run each in the third, fifth and sixth, with Laureano going deep for the second run, before they tied the game at 4-4 in the top of the eighth. However, the Dodgers quickly reclaimed the lead thanks to a solo shot in the home half from Betts, his first hit of the series.
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