Pages got hit again on Wednesday, this time by San Diego starter Stephen Kolek, but there was no stare-down or benches clearing. Then came Thursday's series finale. San Diego was up 5-0 in the ninth inning. Not only was it the series finale, but the divisional opponents aren't scheduled to play again until August 15.

Amid baseball’s most heated rivalry, the benches cleared Thursday night at Dodger Stadium after San Diego Padres manager Mike Shildt and his Los Angeles Dodgers counterpart, Dave Roberts, confronted each other moments after Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr.

In the late innings of their seventh head-to-head game in a span of 11 days, the San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers finally ran out of patience with each other. The two National League West rivals,