Will Smith's tiebreaking homer lifts Dodgers over rival Padres 8-6 in heated game

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith hit a tiebreaking two-run homer to cap a 12-pitch at-bat in the sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the rival San Diego Padres 8-6 in a heated game Tuesday night.

Dodgers manager Dave Roberts got ejected in the third after Fernando Tatis Jr. and Shohei Ohtani were hit by pitches. Another Padres player, Jose Iglesias, was plunked in the seventh.

Andy Pages went 4 for 4, hitting a pair of two-out homers and driving in another run during a five-run sixth when the Dodgers batted around in taking an 8-3 lead.

Tatis was hit by a pitch from Dodgers reliever Lou Trivino in the third, and Randy Vásquez plunked Ohtani in the bottom half. Both benches were warned and a fiery Roberts came onto the field to complain. He was tossed by third base umpire Tripp Gibson.

Jeremiah Estrada (2-4) took the loss.

In the seventh, Dodgers reliever Matt Sauer (2-1) hit Iglesias in the left hand with a pitch.

Tanner Scott worked the ninth to earn his 14th save.

The Padres pulled to 8-6 on pinch-hitter Trenton Brooks' two-run homer off Sauer and a bases-loaded balk by Michael Kopech in the seventh.

San Diego loaded the bases again in the eighth against Anthony Banda, who induced a foul pop by Luis Arráez to end the inning.

Ohtani struck out four times a night after making his pitching debut for the Dodgers, 21 months after having elbow surgery.

Padres RHP Stephen Kolek (3-2, 3.50 ERA) starts Wednesday. Dodgers RHP Emmet Sheehan makes his first start in the majors since 2023 in his comeback from Tommy John surgery last year.

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San Diego Padres' Luis Arraez slides to score on an RBI single by Gavin Sheets during the first inning of a baseball game against the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers relief pitcher Kirby Yates, right, and catcher Will Smith celebrate the team's win over the San Diego Padres in a baseball game, in Los Angeles, Monday, June 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Andy Pages rounds the bases after hitting a solo homer during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani takes a hit by pitch during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres in Los Angeles, Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Kyusung Gong)

A Ukrainian drone strike killed one person and wounded three others in the Russian city of Voronezh, local officials said Sunday.

A young woman died overnight in a hospital intensive care unit after debris from a drone fell on a house during the attack on Saturday, regional Gov. Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.

Three other people were wounded and more than 10 apartment buildings, private houses and a high school were damaged, he said, adding that air defenses shot down 17 drones over Voronezh. The city is home to just over 1 million people and lies some 250 kilometers (155 miles) from the Ukrainian border.

The attack came the day after Russia bombarded Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles overnight into Friday, killing at least four people in the capital Kyiv, according to Ukrainian officials.

For only the second time in the nearly four-year war, Russia used a powerful new hypersonic missile that struck western Ukraine in a clear warning to Kyiv and NATO.

The intense barrage and the launch of the nuclear-capable Oreshnik missile followed reports of major progress in talks between Ukraine and its allies on how to defend the country from further aggression by Moscow if a U.S.-led peace deal is struck.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Saturday in his nightly address that Ukrainian negotiators “continue to communicate with the American side.”

Chief negotiator Rustem Umerov was in contact with U.S. partners Saturday, he said.

Separately, Ukraine’s General Staff said Russia targeted Ukraine with 154 drones overnight into Sunday and 125 were shot down.

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This photo provided by the Ukrainian Security Service on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026, shows a fragment believed to be a part of a Russian Oreshnik intermediate range hypersonic ballistic missile that hit the Lviv region. (Ukrainian Security Service via AP)

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, second left, listens to British Defense Secretary John Healey during their meeting in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Danylo Antoniuk)