Dodgers 5, Padres 1
SAN DIEGO -- Left-hander Brett Anderson allowed one run in 5 2/3 innings, and the Los Angeles Dodgers broke open a one-run game on a three-run, seventh-inning throwing error by Padres reliever Nick Vincent in a 5-1 victory over San Diego on Sunday.
The Dodgers earned their third consecutive win over the Padres and their 11th victory in the 13 games overall. Los Angeles (78-58) is 20 games over .500 for the first time this season.
Anderson (9-8) permitted four hits and four walks while striking out four before leaving the game with a left calf cramp.
Catcher A.J. Ellis singled off the glove of diving Padres left fielder Justin Upton in the sixth, driving in second baseman Justin Turner to give the Dodgers a 2-1 lead against San Diego starter Andrew Cashner (5-14).
The Padres had tied the score in the third on a solo homer by shortstop Jedd Gyorko, his third homer in the four-game series.
However, the decisive play came an inning later after the Dodgers loaded the bases with two outs on a hit batter and singles by first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and Turner.
Right fielder Andre Ethier, who drove in the Dodgers' first run with a first-inning sacrifice fly, topped the ball to the first base side of the mound. Vincent appeared to have an easy play, but he threw over the head of Wil Myers, who came in from center to play first at the start of the inning.
Shortstop Jimmy Rollins, Gonzalez and Turner scored as the ball rolled down the right field line, with Ethier racing all the way around to third.
An inning earlier, Turner hit a leadoff double to left, and he had to hold at second when Ethier followed with a looping liner that just sailed past the glove of Gyorko for a single.
Turner advanced to third on third baseman Corey Seager's deep fly to Myers in center. Ellis then hit the sinking liner that ricocheted off the heel of Upton's glove for a single. Cashner subsequently turned a comebacker from center fielder Joc Pederson into an inning-ending double play.
The Dodgers scored in the first without the benefit of a hit.
Cashner issued one-out walks to left fielder Carl Crawford and Gonzalez before hitting Turner to load the bases. Crawford scored on Ethier's sacrifice fly to left.
Cashner gave up two runs on five hits, four walks and a hit batter with five strikeouts in six innings.
Padres right fielder Matt Kemp extended his career-best on-base streak to 26 games with an eighth-inning double. He has hit safely in 24 of the 26 games.
NOTES: The Padres shut down RHP Josh Johnson for the rest of the season. Johnson will see Dr. James Andrews on Tuesday. Johnson, who has spent two seasons rehabbing from a second Tommy John surgery, left his first rehab assignment with Class A Lake Elsinore after four pitches Friday with pain in his elbow and forearm. ... The Dodgers promoted OF Chris Heisey from Triple-A Oklahoma City and designated LHP Daniel Coulombe for assignment from the Oklahoma City roster. ... INF Howie Kendrick, on the disabled list with a hamstring injury since Aug. 10, could be activated by the end of the week. Kendrick is running but hasn't resumed full baseball activities. ... Los Angeles' Justin Turner started at second base because Chase Utley banged up a knee sliding into second Saturday night. Rookie Corey Seager made his third major league start at third.