The Los Angeles Dodgers turned to Blake Snell in the second game of a pivotal series against the San Diego Padres . The two-time Cy Young winner followed Clayton Kershaw’s vintage performance in the series opener with a dominant outing. And Snell got some help from Will Smith early in the divisional grudge match.

The Dodgers’ All-Star catcher was dialed in on Saturday, throwing out three San Diego runners in the first two innings. Smith's strong defensive effort kept Snell out of trouble after he gave up hits to four of the first five Padres batters.

“Early on, just kind of feeling out where I was at, they had some good hits. Will kind of held it down. Through two innings he had three outs and I had three outs. We were competing. But no, that kind of set the tone,” Snell sa

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