PADRES vs. DODGERS: Official Full Game Highlights (July 4) | 2026 MLB Season

Whoever you may be and however you may be joining us it's our honor and privilege to be with you from red white and blue heaven on earth Uni Cole Field at Dodger Stadium. These comebacks keep on coming for the Dodgers this year. And this has been the Dodger team those twenty seven comebacks tied for the most in MLB. And when you think about Yamamoto there's so many things it's the seven pitches he throws the elite pitches that he has but also how deep he goes in a game. He is facing the Padres for a second consecutive start in the third time this year. And the first pitch is grounded into left field for a base hit for Fernando. What a way to start jumping on that first pitch from Yamamoto and a single to get it started in the first inning flies it to center field. Andy Pajas went back for a step now comes in and makes the play of the Padres trying to get it going. They are trying to snap tonight a seven game losing streak. Yamamoto has won five of his last seven starts in a array of one point seven in that stretch. He's got him. Splitter is so good and you just look at the depth of this pitch how it seems like it's going to be bottom of the zone and then it hops off the plate. That's how far out of the zone the big chase for Manny Machado. This is lined into right field for sheets as Fernando going first to third Kyle Tucker will get it back in and the Padres with two outs up runners at the corners. The guy who has been San Diego's best hitter this year tie France only three guys on their roster have at least league average production in terms of OPS plus fourth of July crowd engaged in the first inning. Owing Yamamoto needs one more strike and he's got it. Runners in the corners of the first inning pitch block violation for ball for. Oh man it was three and two to Freeman and I think Wande lost track of the clock. Well you hope that that's not the mistake that opens the door strike away from getting out of the inning unscathed and now he's got to face moving events with traffic lines and a gap in left center field that's going to go through to the track and the wall Freeman have enough speed to come around. Well they're going to send him Bogarts with the throw it will be Freeman is out at the plate. Nicely done. They took a chance and able to complete the play and get Freeman at the dish. Who could forget this moment in Major League Baseball history April 25th nineteen seventy six a couple of protesters trying to burn the flag here in center field at Dodger Stadium but Rick Monday the center fielder for the Cubs comes in and makes a great play. He grabs the flag from the protesters saving it. It became an absolutely iconic moment in Major League Baseball. In fact it was voted guys one of the most 100 classic moments in the history of the game Rick Monday saving the day and there he is Rick Monday. He's been a part of baseball for almost 50 years guys both as a player now as a broadcaster for the Dodgers. All right time for you to shine there. Griffin canning on this Independence Day. Let's see if a Griffin canning and tough lineup I mean best hitting as far as the average for a lot of other categories for the Dodgers. Get ahead put him away. He's going to say he's facing the bottom of the lineup but you're talking about the bottom of the line that has to Oscar Hernandez Max Munson all star Dalton Rushing has been terrific offensively. Carroll's going back. He is on the track with space to reach up make the catch it in the inning and in the third those four Dodgers Stadium Dodgers just waiting for the Padres to score so they can come back on and miss strike three fastball upstairs Yamamoto just gives you so many different dimensions. Everybody's looking well for the splitter. Yeah he can run that fastball upstairs right by some hitters to exactly what he did there breaks his bat and a ground ball to Betts for the usual of the Padres star running down the line infielder can take their time to make a good throw and down he goes swing and a miss in a fastball up five strikeouts for the All-Star Yamamoto three oh is a four pitch walk to rushing to begin the third lead off free pass in front of somebody who's do Alex Freeland one for his last 17 at the plate there's a looper in the short left field drops in for a base hit parachute shot over the head of Zander Bogart sprinting out toward left couldn't come near to it hit the right place you don't have to hit it real hard skips up and over Capitano he spins and fires and Machado can't pick it so an extra base for both rushing and Freeland to get in the scoring position Pajas with sixty two RBI so far this year the chance to add to that total ground ball base hit left field first time All-Star brings in the first run of the night. Well after three consecutive fastballs handing in through a slider and not a good one has jumps all over Freddy Freeman coming up next year and walked in the first inning swing and a miss and he strikes out Freddy Freeman second strike out of the inning two down to the inning Mookie Betts one for one double his first time up nearly scored Freeman Betts to center field Merrill going back at the wall to make the catch in front of the fence a couple of those have gone deeply in the outfield but not enough five strikeouts first eleven faced to the Dodgers for starter breaking ball Paul strike three that ends in six strikeouts for Yama Mota well done two away and now back to back ground ball outs for young he is one of the game's great ground ball artist and about as good as any of those guys at turning his ground balls into out Paul strike three on the outside corner seventh strike out of the game for Yama Mota nothing across for the Padres Freeland Edmond and Pahez nine one and two coming up for the Dodgers against Griffin Canning fourth inning of work for the Padre ball guy pop up left side as Chato backpedaling will make the catch for the first out here. Alex Freeland is retired. Crump Paul the second Crono has got it and the throw to first is in time to left popped up foul ground and he's going after it. Everybody's going after it and he's going to make the catch Griff. So for the first time tonight since the second inning Griffin Canning works a one two three inning top of the six top of the order for the Friars Tomahawk to Muncie by Tatis Yamamoto through the first five innings made 70 pitches only 20 were outside of the strike zone got him looking strike three called cutter on the outside corner strikeout number eight for Yamamoto and there are two men out for San Diego. Yamamoto has been so consistent the single to the first batter very first pitch of the ball game but only two since that spot. And Manny Machado the third baseman right handed batter over to struck him out back to back case nine for Yamamoto play through the kitchen sink at him one of everything and he strikes out Machado for the second time in the game nine strikeouts for Yamamoto through six. Well for Kyle Hart the heart drop he knows this lineup will face the lefties this inning Freeman Betts the righty and Tucker Freeman launches one in the air to deep right field. The first firework of the night comes from Freddie first batter that Kyle Hart faces leaves the yard Freddie Freeman's 15th of the year Dodgers lead it to nothing. With the 14th time in 16 starts that Yamamoto has pitched six plus innings he leads Major League Baseball in innings per start takes the ball and then runs with it deep in the games seemingly every time low ball four and a two out walk does bring the tying run to the plate for San Diego with Jackson Merrill. Definitely the last inning for Yamamoto is just trying to get that hundredth strikeout of the season one away pitch one hundred from Yoshino Yamamoto gets strikeout one hundred on the season. He matches his career high with 10 K's tonight seven scoreless in the book only one time did a Padre visit third base and that was in the first inning Fernando at the base hit and then went to third on the single by Gavin Sheets. Ty Fran struck out and that was the end of that. No one got to second after that on the ground and by the dive of Betts in the left center field Fernando thinking two is headed Throw is going there as well. He will slide into second base safely to a double for Fernando Alex Vestia on for the thirty ninth time this year an era of two point five one on base behind him Tatis on second base. He's the first Padre runner in scoring position since the first inning of the game got him swinging and Alex Vestia doing Alex Vestia things. Mason Miller the Padres all start of the game. Well he needs some work because the last time he was out there was on Monday and Edmond is going to reach. He's no worse for the wear high chopper and short Bogarts has to get it away quickly and he does productive first out in the eighth as Paheas puts Edmond in scoring position back to Freddie Freeman one on one out to nothing Dodgers in the eight that scorched in the center field a base hit that's going to score Edmond Freddy Freeman putting on a show on the fourth of July against one of the toughest pitchers on the planet. You see the frustration for Mason Miller because this ball was scorched one hundred nine miles an hour just barely get out of the way back to back punch outs and the Dodgers are not away. Freeman has it. And that's a win for L.A. They shut out the Padres three to nothing. But you know just another quality start continues to get better as the season rolls into all star break here in a week. And how about the all stars of the Dodgers have they pretty much have a whole starting lineup showcase that tonight especially Freddie Freeman two of the three RBI eyes and that solo shot.