Darvish gave up three hits, walked one and struck out four. In one of the biggest games in Japanese baseball history, one that featured Darvish, Yoshinobu Yamamoto and Shohei Ohtani, Darvish once again pitched well against the vaunted Dodgers offense. He allowed a home run to Enrique Hernandez on a first pitch fastball in the second inning, which was the only run in the game for awhile. In the seventh inning, Teoscar Hernandez took him deep for another solo shot. If the Padres had scored any runs, let alone had the lead, there’s a good chance Darvish wouldn’t have still been pitching. Instead, the Padres finished the series not having scored in the last 24 innings. It’s tough to win like that.
