Justin Upton's go-ahead solo homer in the bottom of the eighth inning lifted the San Diego Padres to a 2-1 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the middle test of a three-game set.
Zack Greinke (5-2) had been cruising until Upton launched a 3-2 slider over the wall in left-center.
"Greinke was so tough," Padres manager Bud Black said. "Just one big swing at the end turned the tables."
Craig Kimbrel blanked the Dodgers in the ninth to notch his 16th save of the season.
Padres starter Ian Kennedy allowed a run on four hits and a walk over seven innings and Brandon Maurer (4-0) got the win with a scoreless eighth.
Yasmani Grandal cracked a solo homer, while Greinke surrendered two runs on eight hits and a walk with seven strikeouts over eight frames for Los Angeles, which had its four-game winning streak snapped.
The Padres opened the scoring with a run in the first inning, but the Dodgers tied it in the third.
Will Venable hit a one-out double in the first, moved to third on Upton's groundout to first and scored on Matt Kemp's infield single.
Grandal's leadoff shot to right in the third knotted the contest at 1-1.
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