Last October, Nestor Cortes endured one of the toughest moments of his career , surrendering the first walk-off grand slam in World Series history to Freddie Freeman. On Saturday night at Petco Park, he got a shot at redemption — and this time, the script flipped in his favor.

Cortes dazzled in his fourth start for the Padres, retiring the first 16 batters he faced and holding the Los Angeles Dodgers to just one hit over six shutout innings in San Diego’s 5-1 victory. The win moved the Padres into sole possession of first place in the National League West with 32 games left in the season.

“Obviously, there’s a history,” Cortes said of facing L.A. again. “Everybody knows about it. It sucks as a player to go through those moments, but the good thing about baseball is that you always

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