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LA Dodgers-San Diego Padres game turns ugly on and off the field – NBC Los Angeles
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LA Dodgers-San Diego Padres game turns ugly on and off the field – NBC Los Angeles

What should have been a fun and friendly local rivalry turns ugly both on and off the field.

The Los Angeles Dodgers faced the San Padres on Sunday night in the second game of the National League Divisional Series.

The Dodgers suffered a crippling 10-2 loss, but fans say more than one game was lost that night. Fans are already suffering from a rough image and say they can do better.

“It’s so stupid…nobody knows how to act,” said Dodgers fan Crystal Yanez.

“You shouldn’t throw stuff on the field, that’s my main point,” said participant Chris Oliver. “But at the same time, the players must also act accordingly.”

Dodger fans also said Padres players taunted them all night.

It started when Padres outfielder Jurickson Profar nailed a near Dodger home run in the first inning.

Later in the 7th inning, Profar threw a ball to the crowd as a nice souvenir. Dodgers fans threw it back alongside other baseballs, empty water bottles and trash.

Referees stopped the match for several minutes to calm the fans before resuming play.

In a postgame interview, Profar said the situation felt “dangerous” and that he had a similar experience with San Francisco Giants fans.

The Padres are limiting ticket sales to Dodgers fans for games three and four at Petco Park.

Online tickets directly from the Padres organization can only be purchased by residents of San Diego, Baja California and Imperial, Southern Orange, Southern Riverside, La Paz, Mohave, Yuma and Clark counties. They say they want to maintain home field advantage, and a stadium full of Dodger Blue isn’t going to give them that.