LOS ANGELES — The last time the Padres ventured into Dodger Stadium, the two teams combined for seven batters hit by pitches. The benches emptied after Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit in the finale. Shohei Ohtani waving his team back to the bench after a seemingly retaliatory pitch from Robert Suarez likely staved off another brouhaha. Both managers wound up serving one-game suspensions and Suarez got two games in the aftermath of what’s grown into baseball’s most heated rivalry.
But that was then.
“I’m not a grudge guy,” said Padres manager Mike Shildt, who was shoved a bit by Dodgers manager Dave Roberts here in June. “ … I’m more of a day-to-day guy.”
There figure to be better days ahead, too.
Ramón Laureano stayed hot with another home run, but the Padres managed just four hits and the