LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yoshinobu Yamamoto struck out 10 in seven innings, Freddie Freeman homered and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat San Diego 3-0 on Saturday night, handing the Padres their eighth consecutive loss.
After wiggling out of a first-inning jam when the Padres had runners on first and third, Yamamoto (9-5) settled in to match a season high with the 10 strikeouts while allowing three hits. He had his second win over the Padres in eight days.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, left, is tagged out by San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano, right, as he tries to score on a double by Mookie Betts while starting pitcher Wandy Peralta watches during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, right, scores after hitting a solo home run as San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano watches during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, left, heads to first for a solo home run as San Diego Padres pitcher Kyle Hart, second from left, and catcher Luis Campusano watch during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Freeman had two RBIs as the Dodgers won for the 10th time in 12 games in a run that includes five victories over the Padres. Los Angeles improved to 7-2 against San Diego this season.
After Wandy Peralta opened with a scoreless inning for the Padres, right-hander Griffin Canning (1-6) allowed one run over four innings with four strikeouts. San Diego lost eight consecutive games for the first time since dropping 10 in a row in 2013.
San Diego lost the opener of the four-game series after leading by six runs Thursday and blew a three-run lead Friday.
Shortly after earning the first All-Star Game nod of his career, Andy Pages rolled a one-out single into left field in the third inning to score Dalton Rushing and give the Los Angeles a 1-0 lead.
Freeman padded the lead to 2-0 in the sixth inning when he hit a home run to right field off left-hander Kyle Hart, his 15th. Freeman has reached base in 19 consecutive games.
Will Klein pitched the ninth inning for his second save.
Padres closer Mason Miller, who was named an All-Star on Sunday, pitched for the first time in five games gave up an RBI single in the eighth to Freeman.
Padres LHP JP Sears (1-1, 6.97 ERA) was set to RHP Emmet Sheehan (4-5, 5.08 ERA) on Sunday in the series finale.
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Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, left, is tagged out by San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano, right, as he tries to score on a double by Mookie Betts while starting pitcher Wandy Peralta watches during the first inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, right, scores after hitting a solo home run as San Diego Padres catcher Luis Campusano watches during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers' Freddie Freeman, left, heads to first for a solo home run as San Diego Padres pitcher Kyle Hart, second from left, and catcher Luis Campusano watch during the sixth inning of a baseball game Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the plate during the second inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A performer at the funeral for Iran's late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump before a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people Sunday in the capital, Tehran.
The comment represents the first, direct call for Trump's death by an emcee at the funeral, which has seen posters and graffiti calling for the killing of Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. That's been a hard-line demand even as Tehran negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war that's disrupted global energy supplies.
Mohammad Rasouli, a poet, drew calls of “Death to America!” and “Death to Israel!”
Speaking to the crowd over loudspeakers at the funeral, Rasouli asked, referring to Trump: “Why is the most bastard man in the world still alive?”
The question drew cheers from the crowd, and again when Rasouli said that “the world is no longer a good place for” Trump.
Ayatollah Jafar Sobhani, a 97-year-old Shiite cleric, later led a prayer Sunday at Tehran’s Grand Mosalla for Khamenei and his late family members. On hand were Khamenei's sons Masoud, Meysam and Mostafa, as well as Iran's President Masoud Pezeshkian, Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf and Revolutionary Guard head Gen. Ahmad Vahidi. Also there was Esmail Qaani, who leads the Guard's expeditionary Quds Force.
But not attending was Iran's new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, another of Khamenei's sons. He's believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father. Israel has threatened to kill him as well.
A far-larger crowd for the funeral than the day before attended the ceremony Sunday. Mourners dressed in black walked to the site, carrying banners and flags honoring Khamenei and also calling for Trump's killing as the American president gave a speech in Washington for the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.
“We’ve had tremendous success,” Trump said, speaking of the American military. “You look at Venezuela, you look at Iran. We wiped it out, wiped out their military.”
U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years. That stems from Trump ordering the 2020 killing of Gen. Qassem Soleimani, who had led the Quds Force. Iran repeatedly has denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran's crosshairs.
Trump meanwhile promised to destroy Iran's very civilization during the war among a variety of other threats.
The funeral for Khamenei, who ruled Iran for decades before he was killed at age 86 in a Feb. 28 airstrike in the opening moments of the Iran war, could provide a boost for the country’s theocracy and its new supreme leader.
That is important as Iran tries to leverage its hold on the Strait of Hormuz in negotiations with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war and as concern lingers that Israel could attack again.
The funeral was delayed as the war raged, and talks are on hold until it is over.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
A man carries a child holding a red Shiite religious flag outside the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Mourners write messages on a wall, including one in English that reads "We will kill Trump," during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Mourners walk through the grounds of the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque during the funeral ceremonies for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and members of his family in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A mourner holds a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as he walks past a wall bearing messages, including one in English that reads "We will kill Trump," during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Mourners gather beneath a portrait of the late Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the funeral ceremonies for Khamenei and members of his family at the Imam Khomeini Mosalla Grand Mosque in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, July 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
