Benches Clear As Dodgers-padres Rivalry Boils Over In Heated Showdown After Fernando Tatis Jr Gets Drilled

Tensions betwixt nan Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres reached a boiling constituent during nan apical of nan ninth inning of nan Padres' 5-3 triumph astatine Dodger Stadium connected Thursday. 

Padres prima Fernando Tatis Jr. was batting pinch 1 retired successful nan ninth inning pinch the Padres up 5-0. 

Dodgers’ alleviation pitcher Jack Little threw a 93-mph fastball that ran successful connected Tatis and deed him successful nan hand. It was nan 3rd clip Dodgers’ pitchers person deed Tatis successful 7 games this season. 

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San Diego Padres head Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers head Dave Roberts outcry astatine each different aft nan Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was deed by a transportation during nan ninth inning of a shot crippled connected Thursday, June 19, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Padres’ head Mike Shildt was irate that Tatis had been drilled again, and stormed retired of his dugout and began yelling towards nan Dodgers’ bench. 

As Shildt came marching crossed nan field, Dodgers’ head Dave Roberts raced retired of his dugout, and nan 2 managers were look to look for a infinitesimal earlier being pulled distant from each other. Both teams' bullpens and dugouts emptied to subordinate nan fracas. 

Eventually, bid was restored, and some teams returned to their respective dugouts, but Shildt and Roberts were some ejected from nan game. Despite some managers having been tossed, nan fireworks were not complete yet. 

In nan bottommost of nan ninth inning, nan Padres were up 5-2 pinch 2 outs and a man connected 3rd guidelines pinch Shohei Ohtani up to bat. 

Padres reliever Robert Suarez fell down 3-0 successful nan count to Ohtani and connected nan adjacent pitch, Suarez beaned Ohtani pinch a 100-mph fastball into his correct shoulder. 

ICE DENIES SENDING AGENTS TO DODGER STADIUM AS TEAM SAYS THEY WERE TURNED AWAY

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani, halfway is deed by a transportation thrown by San Diego Padres alleviation pitcher Robert Suarez, near arsenic catcher Martin Maldonado watches during nan ninth inning of a shot crippled Thursday, June 19, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

The Japanese superstar waved his dugout disconnected from storming nan section arsenic he walked down nan first baseline to return his base. Suarez was ejected for beaming Ohtani pinch nan pitch. 

It was nan 2nd clip Ohtani was deed by a transportation successful nan series, pinch some times coming nan half inning aft nan Dodgers deed Tatis pinch a pitch. 

It was besides nan sixth clip Tatis had been deed by nan Dodgers successful his career, nan astir by immoderate club.

The Padres yet won 5-3, but their interest lies pinch nan results of Tatis’s X-Ray and CT scan. 

"(The Dodgers) gotta believe for (results) to travel backmost antagonistic tomorrow," Padres 3rd baseman Manny Machado said. "They should. Us, too, but they should for sure."

PIRATES RELIEVER DENNIS SANTANA SWINGS AT FAN WHO 'CROSSED THE LINE' DURING FIERY ALTERCATION

San Diego Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. kneels connected nan crushed aft being deed by a transportation during nan ninth inning of a shot crippled against nan Los Angeles Dodgers, Thursday, June 19, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Shildt said whether nan Dodgers had deed Tatis intentionally aliases not does not matter. 

"Whether it was (intentional) aliases it wasn’t, capable is enough," Shildt said. "We sewage a feline who’s getting X-rays correct now, is 1 of nan champion players successful nan game. Fortunately, he’s connected our team, and this feline has taken shots, OK?"

Roberts said it bothered him that Shildt had travel retired and started yelling towards him pursuing nan hit-by-pitch. 

"I didn’t consciousness bully astir Tatis — awesome player, bully feline — getting hit," Roberts said. "I didn’t consciousness bully astir it. And truthful arsenic (Shildt) comes out, and he’s yelling astatine maine and staring maine down, that bothers me. Because, to beryllium rather frank, that’s nan past point I wanted."

Roberts besides praised Ohtani for defusing nan business aft he had been drilled. 

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San Diego Padres head Mike Shildt, center, and Los Angeles Dodgers head Dave Roberts outcry astatine each different aft Padres' Fernando Tatis Jr. was deed by a transportation during nan ninth inning of a shot crippled connected Thursday, June 19, 2025, successful Los Angeles.  (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

"Well, I deliberation he knew it was intentional," Roberts said. "He wasn’t wounded by it, and he didn’t want immoderate much drama, which I respect that a lot."

The Dodgers took 3 of nan 4 games successful nan bid and person taken 5 of nan 7 games that nan 2 teams person played frankincense acold this season. 

The adjacent clip nan 2 NL West rivals will look disconnected again is Aug. 15-17 astatine Los Angeles and Aug. 22-24 astatine San Diego.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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