Mookie Betts tied a season high with four hits, Tommy Edman delivered a go-ahead two-run single and the Los Angeles Dodgers stayed within two games of the best record
in the National League with a 10-4 victory over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Saturday.

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Betts has 10 hits over his past three games, including seven in the past two while operating out of the leadoff spot in place of an injured Shohei Ohtani.

Will Smith hit a home run as the Dodgers (95-60) won for the fifth time in six games and improved to 13-3 since Sept. 3.

Tarik Skubal (11-7) gave up four runs on eight hits over five innings with three strikeouts.

The left-hander is now 4-2 with a 2.85 ERA in nine starts for Los Angeles after a trade from the Detroit Tigers on Aug. 2.

Victor Bericoto hit a home run among his two hits for the Giants (64-91) while Yunior Marte (0-1) gave up six runs on eight hits over 4 2/3 innings in his fourth career appearance and second start.

San Francisco lost for the sixth time in its past eight games in its next-to-last road game of the season.

Max Muncy had an RBI double in the first inning to score Betts as the Dodgers started a stretch in which they scored in each of the first six innings. Betts had an RBI single in the second.

The Giants tied the score in the third on Bericoto’s fifth home run over his first 35 career games.

Los Angeles went back on top 3-2 in the third on Smith’s leadoff home run. Both teams scored in the fourth, with San Francisco tying the score 4-4 in the fifth on a double from Jung Hoo Lee.

Edman’s two-run single in the fifth gave the Dodgers the lead for good and they added another in the inning for a 7-4 lead on a Miguel Rojas single.

In the sixth, Smith added an RBI single, while rookie Josue De Paula followed with a two-run single for a 10-4 advantage.

Los Angeles has a 5-4 advantage in the season series with four games still remaining between the teams.

Smith went 3-for-5 as the Dodgers collected 15 hits.

Lee went 2-for-4 for the Giants and drove in a run.

The Giants had two hits in a dozen at-bats with runners in scoring position.

Rookie Ethan
Salas lifts Padres past Marlins
in 10 innings

Rookie Ethan Salas stroked an RBI single in the bottom of the 10th inning Saturday night and the San Diego Padres edged the visiting Miami Marlins 7-6.

Salas’ hit scored Jake Cronenworth, who started the inning as the automatic runner at second base and advanced to third on a wild pitch by Josh Ekness (2-4). After Sung-Mun Song fanned, Salas batted for Freddy Fermin and grounded a 0-2 fastball up the middle for San Diego’s 11th walk-off win of the year.

David Morgan (4-1) stranded runners at first and second in the top of the 10th to earn the win, San Diego’s 12th in 13 games.

The Padres tied the Chicago Cubs for the top wild-card spot in the National League at 86-69, a game ahead of Philadelphia, and reduced their magic number for clinching a playoff spot to three.

Miami (76-79) forced extra innings when pinch hitter Griffin Conine pulled a 102 mph fastball from closer Mason Miller for a game-tying homer with one out in the ninth. It was Conine’s 17th homer of the year.

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Both starters did not factor into the decision after rough outings. Miami right-hander Eury Perez permitted five runs on eight hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings, whiffing four. San Diego righty Casey Mize lasted only three innings, allowing five hits and five runs while walking five and striking out two.

The Marlins initiated scoring with three runs in the second, Joe Mack’s fielder’s choice scored Jakob Marsee, and Otto Lopez cracked a two-run homer over the left field wall, his 11th of the year.

Samad Taylor got the Padres on the board in their half of the second with his second homer of the season, a 388-foot shot to left. But Miami upped the lead to 5-1 in the third as Agustin Ramirez grounded an RBI-double down the left field line and scored on Esteury Ruiz’s single.

San Diego rallied for three runs in the third. Cronenworth coaxed a bases-loaded walk and Ty France scored on a balk by Perez, followed by a sacrifice fly by Taylor.

Fernando Tatis Jr. drew the Padres even at 5-5 in the fourth when he rifled a leadoff homer an estimated 410 feet to right-center, his 24th of the year.

Rockies score 4 times in seventh to rally past Mariners

Cole Carrigg delivered a go-ahead two-run single in a four-run seventh inning as the Colorado Rockies edged the Seattle Mariners 5-3 on Saturday night in Denver.

Juan Mejia (4-6) pitched two innings and Brennan Bernardino got the final three outs for his second save for Colorado (57-98).

Cal Raleigh and Randy Arozarena homered and Julio Rodriguez and Michael Arroyo had two hits each for Seattle (72-83), which is on the brink of elimination in the AL wild-card race.

Before the game, the Rockies honored Hall of Fame first baseman Todd Helton with the unveiling of a statue of him in front of Coors Field. The statue depicts Helton celebrating after catching the last out of the 2007 NLCS that sent Colorado to the World Series.

Colorado lefty Jose Quintana made first start since May 24, missing nearly four months with a left elbow sprain. He allowed three runs on five hits in four innings and gave up two home runs.

Raleigh gave the Mariners a 2-0 lead in the first with a two-run homer, his 23rd of the season, and Arozarena made it 3-0 in the third inning with his 26th long ball.

But Colorado capitalized on bad Seattle defense to get a run back in the bottom of the inning.

With one out, Jake McCarthy laid down a bunt single that Raleigh fielded and threw wildly to first, allowing McCarthy to advance to third. Connor Norby hit a fly ball to short right, and McCarthy raced home when Dominic Canzone’s throw short-hopped Raleigh.

That was all Seattle starter Bryce Miller gave up. He allowed an unearned run on four hits and struck out six in 5 1/3 innings.

The Rockies rallied in the seventh to take the lead against reliever Jose Ferrer (4-4). Zac Veen and Adael Amador hit one-out singles and Veen came around on McCarthy’s groundout.

With two outs, Norby delivered an infield single, bringing up TJ Rumfield, who drove in Amador with a single up the middle to knot the game at 3-3.

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