Freddie Freeman's Two-Home Run Night Headlines Dodgers Comeback

The Los Angeles Dodgers battled all the way down to their teeth against the San Diego Padres . In a classic showdown, the Dodgers secured their 15th come-from-behind win with a 5-4 victory behind Freddie Freeman's two-home run night and late offensive surge. Sheehan Fails to Reach Five Innings on Four Days Rest Heading into this start, Sheehan became the first Dodgers pitcher this season to pitch on four days' rest.

Though the four day rest stretch is considered a "regular" rest period for starters, the shuffling of starting pitching due to injuries led to the short rest in Dodgers standards. With that aside, Sheehan was coming into Tuesday's outing with some momentum. Dave Roberts stated to the media in the pregame that Sheehan's six innings and six strikeout performance was the best start he's had all year.

May 19, 2026; San Diego, California, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Emmet Sheehan (80) delivers during the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park. -- © Denis Poroy-Imagn Images   Those numbers did not exactly coorelate with his Tuesday outing, as he gave up four earned runs across four innings of work. All runs surrendered came via the longball, as the right-hander gave up a pair of two-run shots to Miguel Andujar —his second in as many days— and the struggling Manny Machado.

Freeman Clubs Two Home Runs, Andy Pages Delivers At-Bat of the Year against Mason Miller The Dodgers 37-year-old first baseman had been struggling at the plate in his last five games. Freeman was 0-for-his-last-16 before taking his first swings on Tuesday, and Roberts gave an insight on a potential reasoning for his struggles. Roberts said that Freeman had been feeling under the weather the past few days and, with the lack of rest, those factors could have played a role in a downward trend at the plate.