Before Friday's opener of the first Dodgers-Padres series of the season, Los Angeles manager Dave Roberts took notice of the atmosphere at Petco Park in San Diego.
"Everyone in our clubhouse knows what the crowd is going to be like," Melvin said in his pre-game media session. "We absolutely love the atmosphere. It's going to be loud.""These games are fun," San Diego's Fernando Tatis Jr. said after hitting two home runs for a second time off Clayton Kershaw on Friday night to fuel the Padres' 5-2 win in the series opener. "These are the Padres against the Dodgers. And Padres fans love it.
However, it's been hard for the Padres to make their "rivalry" case while the Dodgers won the season series 14-5 in 2022.Saturday's middle game of the series will have right-hander Dustin May pitching for the Dodgers against Padres left-hander Blake Snell . May will make his seventh start of the season Saturday night. He has given up 12 runs on 20 hits and 14 walks with 23 strikeouts in 34 1/3 innings. The Dodgers are 3-3 in May's starts.
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