BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Diego Padres square off in the final game of a three-game series. The Dodgers can sweep the series with a win. Los Angeles has a 70-53 record overall and a 40-24 record at home. The Dodgers have a 55-12 record in games when they scored five or more runs.

Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada has flourished by discovering the virtues of the elevated fastball, pairing elite velocity with elite characteristics that make it death on those who dare to swing at an elevated heater. But Hernández was ready for it, taking an elevated fastball for a strike before unleashing on the second one he saw.