SAN DIEGO -- A heckler next to the Los Angeles Dodgers ' dugout spent his entire Sunday giving an earful to the visitors, including a nonstop barrage of digs and chirps at Shohei Ohtani for his hitless performance in a portentous weekend series against the San Diego Padres .

When Ohtani crushed his 45th homer and delivered the knockout blow in the ninth inning of the Dodgers' 8-2 victory , the normally decorous three-time MVP detoured on his way back to the dugout to slap hands -- and get the last word -- with the chagrined Padres fan.

The Dodgers loved to see it, along with just about everything else that transpired in the final four innings of a win that evened the NL West race yet again with 31 games left.

"It was very out of character from Shohei, [but the heckler] was weari

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