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The San Diego Padres hit a record six home runs Sunday night to beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in a Major League baseball playoff game marred by fans at Dodger Stadium throwing baseballs and then throwing trash at Padres players.

San Diego evened their best-of-five National League Division Series with LA one game apiece behind six home runs, two of which were by right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr., who was one of two Padres outfielders to have objects stuck in their were thrown in the direction. in the bottom of the seventh inning.

With the Padres leading 4-1 at the time, fans threw baseballs at Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar as he was warming up in the outfield.

As Padres manager Mike Shildt and players met with umpires, fans began throwing trash on the outfield grass near Tatis in right field.

After a delay of approximately 10 minutes following the incident, the match resumed.

“You can hurt someone,” Profar, who appeared visibly upset during the incident, told reporters after the match.

“You don’t do that. That’s not the way,” the Padres outfielder said in an interview on ESPN.

Shildt called the fans’ behavior “unacceptable,” but he praised his players for their response.

“We’re going to talk with our play; we are not going backwards; we are going to take our game to the next level; we’re going to be together; and we are going to take care of business,” he said.

Tatis, who hit home runs in the first and ninth inning, called the Dodger Stadium environment “wild” but said throwing objects on the field was inappropriate.

“I felt like this shouldn’t happen in a big league game,” Tatis said.

“But at the same time, it’s a good environment for baseball,” the Padre outfielder said. “Although people do get carried away a bit by their emotions. But it’s a good back and forth.”

“At the end of the day, it’s a show and we have to enjoy every moment,” Tatis said.

Shildt, the Padres skipper, said he expects better behavior from fans in San Diego when the series moves there Tuesday night.

“We’re about to go back to San Diego with a very, very loud, raucous, aggressive, hungry crowd that’s going to be super excited and going to get after it. But I also know we’re going to stay classy, ​​San Diego,” Shildt said.

The Padres’ six home runs on Sunday night tied the Major League playoff record set by the Philadelphia Phillies last year and the Chicago Cubs in 2015.