Padres and Dodgers split opening series

Game 1....Randy Jones pitched a strong game and San Diego pulled it out in the bottom of the 9th inning with a Dave Winfield homerun.

Game 2...Andy Messersmith pitches a 4 hitter en route to a 5-1 Dodger victory.

Game 3...The Padres take the 3rd game as they push across a run in the 12th to win. Caldwell earns the win with 5 innings of strong relief. Padres 3....Dodgers 2.

Game 4...Los Angeles takes the final game game as Steve Garvey connects for a 3-run homerun.  Veteran southpaw Claude Osteen earns the win. Dodgers 5....Padres 1.

--submitted by Joey Scigliano--