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Kemp steals the show in Hollywood
- Updated: April 30, 2016
LOS ANGELES — No matter which shade of blue he’s wearing, Matt Kemp loves to hit at Dodger Stadium.
That was never more evident than Friday night, when the former Dodger launched a majestic three-run homer into the Los Angeles night, the decisive blow in a 5-1 Padres victory.
Kemp did it all as the Padres snapped their five-game losing streak and their nine-game skid vs. their National League West rivals. He smoked a fourth-inning double off the top of the center-field wall and scored the first run. Then, in the bottom of that frame, he fired to second base to get Dodgers catcher Yasmani Grandal — one of the players for whom he was traded — trying to stretch a single into a double.
Kemp is hitting .320 against his former club since being dealt last offseason, and he’s batting .346 as a visitor at Dodger Stadium.
“I think anybody would [get extra …
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