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:

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.

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.