Home cooking has served the teams well in the Padres-Dodgers showdowns this month.

Nestor Cortes took a perfect game into the sixth inning and combined with the bullpen on a two-hitter as the Padres knocked the Dodgers out of first place with a 5-1 victory at Petco Park Saturday.

Ramón Laureano had a two-run single in the fourth and Xander Bogaerts added a two-run double in the eighth for the Friars (74-56), who surged ahead of the Dodgers (73-57) during the archrivals’ final series of the regular season.

They’ve allowed Los Angeles just five hits and two runs in back-to-back wins and have a chance to take all three games at Petco from LA.

“The last two nights, when you get six out of your starter, and then you’re able to take a lead, go to your guys and then add on, that recipe usuall

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