The Los Angeles Dodgers salvaged the final game of their three-game set against the San Diego Padres on Sunday, securing an 8-2 win behind home runs from Freddie Freeman, Dalton Rushing, and Shohei Ohtani . The victory not only pulled the Dodgers even with the Padres atop the NL West but also featured an unexpected confrontation between Ohtani and a persistent Padres heckler.

Ohtani had been hitless through the first two games of the series, going 0-for-10 with two walks. On Sunday, a Padres fan sitting next to the Dodgers’ dugout hurled a steady stream of jeers aimed directly at him. In the ninth inning, with the Dodgers already in control, Shohei Ohtani silenced the heckler by drilling a 409-foot homer to center off Yuki Matsui, his 45th of the season.

As he returned to the dug

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