Major League Baseball

Padres get 3-run HR from Kemp in 5-1 win over Dodgers

Published Apr. 30, 2016 2:26 a.m. ET

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LOS ANGELES (AP) Matt Kemp hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the eighth inning against his former team, and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-1 on Friday night to snap a five-game losing streak.

Chris Hatcher (2-3) walked pinch-hitter Brett Wallace leading off the eighth, and Jon Jay followed with a bouncing single off the pitcher's right leg that caromed past diving third baseman Justin Turner and sent pinch-runner Travis Jankowski to third.

One out later, Kemp drove an 0-2 pitch into the Dodgers' bullpen in left for his seventh homer of the season - and the third allowed by Hatcher in 10 2-3 innings. Kemp had just five RBIs in his previous 16 games, after totaling 10 over a two-game stretch on April 8-9 at Colorado.