In the fourth, Ramirez was barely thrown out at first on a sharply hit grounder to short, the call close enough to warrant an animated protest on his part. He ripped off his helmet and screamed at first base umpire Sam Holbrook until coach Mariano Duncan convinced him to retreat to the dugout.
He grounded out again in the sixth with two out, men on the corners and the score tied, 1-1, Geer getting him on a changeup. With that, Ramirez left the game and was replaced by Juan Pierre.
Ramirez didn't speak to reporters after the game, exiting the clubhouse through a back door.
The game took an ugly turn for the Dodgers in the seventh when Belisario gave up three hits, walked a batter and plunked another, the damage totaling three runs that put the Padres ahead by a 4-2 margin.
Troncoso was failed not by the command issues that plagued Belisario but by the usually steady defense behind him.
Second baseman Juan Castro made an error fielding a potential double-play grounder in the eighth, putting men on first and second with one out.
Later in the inning, Casey Blake barehanded Everth Cabrera's soft grounder, but his throw sailed wide of first baseman James Loney. Cabrera was given a hit and Blake an error on the throw, with two runs scoring and Cabrera reaching third, from where he scored on a single by David Eckstein to increase the Padres' lead to 7-3.
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