SAN DIEGO -- - Freddie Freeman homered in back-to-back innings, rookie Dalton Rushing hit a tiebreaking three-run shot in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers evened the NL West race once again with an 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

Shohei Ohtani hit his 45th homer in the ninth inning and Yoshinobu Yamamoto (11-8) yielded four hits over six strong innings for the Dodgers, who salvaged the last game of their final regular-season series with the Padres after managing just two runs while losing the first two and falling out of first.

The Southern California archrivals are now even at 74-57 with 31 games left.

Backup catcher Elias Díaz hit a two-run homer in the third, but the Padres' five-game winning streak ended after Jeremiah Estrada (4-5) gave up

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