CAN’T CASH ’EM IN

Dodgers miss opportunities against Darvish; Padres win it in 10th inning

SAN DIEGO » A tangle of “Beat LA!” and “Let’s Go, Dod-gers!” chants rang out Saturday night, the usual offspring of the mixed marriage produced by a Dodgers-padres series at Petco Park.

Two fan bases enter, only one leaves happy. Austin Nola sent the home fans off to the Gaslamp Quarter in a good mood, lifting the Padres to a 3-2 victory over the Dodgers with a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning.

The Padres cashed in the “free runner” of extra innings without the benefit of a hit. The Dodgers failed to take advantage of their opportunities. Infamous in L.A. for his inability to survive the second inning of a certain World Series start, Padres starter Yu Darvish wobbled his way through the Dodgers’ lineup once Saturday, allowing a hit and walking three of the first nine batters he faced.

Back-to-back walks to Chris Taylor and Gavin Lux loaded the bases against Darvish with two outs in the second inning. Darvish nearly hit Mookie Betts with a pitch on the way to a full count. But Betts swung and missed at an 88-mph cutter to end the inning — the first of four strikeouts in the game for Betts.

Darvish threw 33 pitches to navigate that inning, 51 to get through the first two. It was smooth sailing from there. Starting with Betts, he retired the final 13 Dodgers he faced in order, striking out five of them and throwing 39 pitches over the final four innings. He handed a one-hit shutout over to the bullpen.

The Dodgers set the table for Betts again in the eighth. He struck out against Padres reliever Luis Garcia and Taylor Rogers came in

to get Freddie Freeman the same way.

But Trea Turner came through with a two-out, game-tying double off Rogers. Turner had followed his 27-game hitting streak with a 3-for22 stretch before sending his drive over the head of left fielder Jurickson Profar in left field. Profar took a less-than-direct route to the warning track and came up empty on his running leap for the ball.

It wouldn’t have taken much offensive life from the Dodgers lineup to take the upper hand Saturday night.

Stepping into Andrew Heaney’s spot in the starting rotation, Tyler Anderson acquitted himself well. A leadoff double by Profar cost him one run in the second inning and Jake Cronenworth sent a fat 1-and-2 fastball into the right-field seats for a solo home run third.

Dodgers relievers allowed just one hit over five innings. But a sacrifice bunt and Nola’s flyout produced the gamewinning run. in the

DENIS POROY – GETTY IMAGES DODGERS The Padres’ C.J. Abrams slides home safely, scoring the winning run on Austin Nola’s sacrifice fly in the 10th inning to defeat the Dodgers.