San Diego Padres starting pitcher Nestor Cortes put together an incredible start on Saturday, in a game against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Cortes threw six innings of one-hit ball , to help lift San Diego to a 5-1 victory.

Following the win, the Padres now are in sole possession of first place in the National League West division.

“That was tremendous,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said of Cortes, per ESPN. “We're getting to know him, and it just feels like once he gets in a rhythm, he's really good. He got in a rhythm right from the very first batter, and he just carried it through. It was a fantastic effort through six.”

The game proved to be vengeance for the Padres hurler. He had been battered by the Dodgers in a previous outing, allowing a grand slam to Freddie Freeman during th

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