Dodgers fan 19, but Tsao allows walk-off walk

SAN DIEGO — Dodgers reliever Chin-hui Tsao walked Yangervis Solarte with the bases loaded and two outs in the bottom of the 11th inning Saturday night as the Padres overcame 19 strikeouts with their second walk-off win over the Dodgers in as many games, 3-2.

“Obviously we didn’t start offensively like we wanted to, but it’s always nice to win a one-run game in extra innings,” Padres manager Andy Green said. “So you kind of look past some of those things.”

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Brad Hand pitched the final two innings for the Padres to get the win. The Dodgers have lost their last four, six of the last seven and have fallen 4 1/2 games out of first and two games below .500 for the first time this year. Since San Diego was swept by the Dodgers in the season-opening three-game series, it is 19-22, while the Dodgers are 18-23.

“We’re finding different ways to lose games and I haven’t seen this one,” said Dodgers manager Dave Roberts. “It’s a tough one and to try to defend it, having a hard time.”

Matt Kemp’s sacrifice fly in the sixth inning scored Jon Jay and broke a scoreless tie. Adrian Gonzalez, returning after missing four starts with back spasms, led off the seventh inning with his second shift-defeating single of the game and Trayce Thompson followed by clearing the right-center fence off rookie starter Cesar Vargas for his seventh home run of the season and sixth in the last 16 games.

Alex Wood, winless since April 13, struck out a …

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