This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/padres as Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw Downplays Win Over Padres: 'It's a Game in August'. Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Clayton Kershaw held the stance he took before the Dodgers' series against the San Diego Padres, keeping his eyes on October.

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Padres catcher Freddy Fermin crashed into the padded railing in front of the camera well next to San Diego's dugout trying to make a foul catch on Andy Pages. Fermin hit the railing with his chest and the ball was jarred loose. He stayed in the game.

The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers play each other six times in 10 days starting with Friday night, and Fernando Tatis Jr. is pumped up for it.

Both were thrown out trying to steal during the ensuing at-bat by catcher Will Smith. The first might have cost the Padres a run as Luis Arraez followed with a ground-rule double. Manny Machado followed with a walk and he too was thrown out trying to take second on the back-end of a double-steal.

Notoriously bad MLB umpire C.B. Bucknor worked behind home plate in the series finale and it didn't take long for the Dodgers announcers to roast him. Shohei Ohtani led off the game for Los Angeles and was quickly the victim of two bad calls by the veteran umpire.

The workers, who unionized last year, are ramping up the pressure during contract negotiations that have stalled over wages and benefits.

Shohei Ohtani had an adventurous few innings in the Los Angeles Dodgers' extra-inning loss to the Angels in Anaheim on Tuesday night.