The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers exited Petco Park in lockstep and bid the other farewell for the rest of the season. Well, at least until October. The heated National League West rivals staged six games the past two weekends and played each other to a virtual standstill,

Freddie Freeman homered in back-to-back innings, rookie Dalton Rushing hit a tiebreaking three-run shot in the seventh, and the Los Angeles Dodgers evened the NL West race once again with an 8-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Sunday.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts suggested a couple times this weekend that his team had become too homer-reliant and he was looking for his hitters to create scoring opportunities by being more selfless,