Justin Turner provided the Los Angeles Dodgers (47–28) all the offense needed, with two homers to defeat Interstate-5 neighbor San Diego Padres (46–32) by 3–1 and maintain a 2.5 game lead in the National League West over the Padres.
“Been feeling like I’ve been pretty close to breaking out,” said the 37–year old LA native Turner.
It was Turner’s 13th career multi-homer game, but just the first since May 18, and his last two home-run game came in September of last year.
“I haven’t felt great, but you still show up every day and try to help the team,” added Turner. “Eventually, you feel like it’s going to click.”…