Los Angeles Dodgers at San Diego Padres: Final Score & Recap

The Los Angeles Dodgers shut out the San Diego Padres 4-0 at Petco Park on May 20, 2026, scoring in the first, second, fifth, and ninth innings to hand the home side a decisive blanking. The DiamondIQ model's estimate opened with San Diego holding a 51 percent pre-game win probability, but that figure eroded steadily across nine innings before reaching zero by the final out, reflecting just how thoroughly the Dodgers controlled the contest.

The single most damaging sequence for the Padres came in the bottom of the fifth, when Fernando Tatis Jr. grounded into a double play off Shohei Ohtani, a play that swung win probability by negative 18.4 percent and effectively collapsed San Diego's hopes of mounting a rally. The Padres compounded their troubles in the eighth, where Miguel Andujar grounded into another double play, this one off Kyle Hurt, costing the club a further 9.5 percent in win probability. Ramón Laureano briefly interrupted the damage with a single off Hurt that added 6.6 percent for the home side, but Freddy Fermin's strikeout to close that frame shed another 5.9 percent. Jackson Merrill's strikeout against Ohtani in the second inning, a negative 6.1 percent swing, had earlier signaled how efficiently the Dodgers' pitching was suppressing any Padres threat.

Ohtani was the dominant individual performer of the night, generating 29.9 percent of win probability added across his outing and consistently neutralizing San Diego's lineup. Blake Treinen added 6.3 percent and Edgardo Henriquez contributed 6.0 percent as the Dodgers completed the shutout with a combined five hits allowed. At the plate, Mookie Betts led Los Angeles with a 7.9 percent WPA contribution and a 0.3 RE24, while Ramón Laureano was the lone Padre to post a meaningful positive WPA figure at 2.9 percent despite the lopsided final. San Diego managed just five hits against a Dodgers staff that never allowed the game to feel remotely competitive after the opening frame.