In all, 10 total batters were hit in those seven games, including eight in the just-concluded four-game set. Hostilities finally bubbled over when Padres outfielder Fernando Tatis Jr. was hit on the right hand in the ninth inning of Thursday's series finale by a fastball from Dodgers rookie Jack Little:

Benches cleared, Shohei Ohtani and Fernando Tatis Jr. were both hit by pitches and even the two managers got into it during another contentious affair between the Dodgers and Padres on Thursday night.

A testy four-game series between the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres culminated in a ninth-inning brawl Thursday, sparked by a Fernando Tatis Jr. hit-by-pitch.