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  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the second inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias has his glove checked by umpire Vic Carapazza during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts returns to the dugout after flying out to right field during the first inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers manager Dave Roberts watches from the dugout during the first inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Will Smith grounds out during the second inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Padres’ Jake Cronenworth reacts after getting hit by a pitch from Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias during the third inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Padres’ Jake Cronenworth reacts after getting hit by a pitch from Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias during the third inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Padres’ Jake Cronenworth reacts after getting hit by a pitch from Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias during the third inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the third inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. shows his frustration after striking out to end the third inning of Friday’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers Mookie Betts is safe at first base ahead of a pick-off throw attempt during the third inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Dodgers’ Max Muncy runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Dodgers’ Max Muncy points to the sky as he runs the bases after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning of a baseball game against the San Diego Padres Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Los Angeles. Mookie Betts also scored. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Dodgers’ Max Muncy, right, celebrates with Mookie Betts after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Max Muncy, right, celebrates with Mookie Betts after hitting a two-run home run during the third inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Padres center fielder Trent Grisham misses a fly ball hit by the Dodgers’ Will Smith during the fourth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Dodgers’ Chris Taylor hits a run-scoring sacrifice fly to left field during the fourth inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • The Dodgers’ Will Smith slides home to score off of a sacrifice fly hit by Chris Taylor during the fourth inning of Friday’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Padres starting pitcher Joe Musgrove shows his frustration after allowing a sacrifice fly that scored the Dodgers’ Will Smith during the fourth inning of Friday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Dodgers’ Will Smith celebrates with teammate Mookie Betts after he scored off of a sacrifice fly hit by Chris Taylor during the fourth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers center fielder Chris Taylor catches a fly ball hit by the Padres’ Manny Machado during the fifth inning of Friday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers center fielder Chris Taylor catches a fly ball hit by the Padres’ Manny Machado during the fifth inning of Friday’s game at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers second baseman Trea Turner throws to first in time to get the Padres’ Jurickson Profar during the sixth inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the first inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • The Padres’ Manny Machado watches from the dugout during the sixth inning of Friday’s game against the Dodgers at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner throws to first in time to get the Padres’ Austin Nola during the seventh inning on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers starting pitcher Julio Urias throws to the plate during the seventh inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. Urias went seven innings in a 3-0 win. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers relief pitcher Blake Treinen celebrates after the third out of the eighth inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen throws throws to the plate during the ninth inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts runs to catch a fly ball hit by the Padres’ Austin Nola during the ninth inning of a baseball game Friday, Sept. 10, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts reacts after his catch for an out during the ninth inning of Friday’s 3-0 victory over the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers relief pitcher Kenley Jansen celebrates after the final out of the ninth inning of Friday night’s game against the Padres at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers catcher Will Smith, left, and relief pitcher Kenley Jansen congratulate each other after a 3-0 victory over the Padres on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

  • Dodgers catcher Will Smith, left, hugs relief pitcher Kenley Jansen after a 3-0 victory over the Padres on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

  • From left, Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner, right fielder Mookie Betts, second baseman Trea Turner and shortstop Corey Seager celebrate after a 3-0 victory over the Padres on Friday night at Dodger Stadium. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

LOS ANGELES ― Not long ago, you could hold up Chris Taylor’s season at just the right angle and see the Most Valuable Player of the Dodgers, if not the entire National League.

Much can change in little more than a month. Since Aug. 2, Taylor’s on-base plus slugging percentage has fallen nearly 100 points. He has routinely hit sixth or seventh in the batting order. As the bottom of the Dodgers’ lineup fell on hard times, Taylor’s bat was more often part of the problem than the solution.

Friday, Taylor’s glove did plenty.

Taylor prevented Manny Machado from hitting a two-run home run with a leaping catch in center field in the fifth inning. In the fourth inning, Taylor dove to catch a Wil Myers fly ball in the left-center field gap. In the bottom of the fourth, Taylor drove in a run with a sacrifice fly, completing the scoring in a 3-0 win over the San Diego Padres before an announced crowd of 48,403 at Dodger Stadium.

A two-run home run by Max Muncy got the Dodgers on the board in the third inning against Joe Musgrove (10-9). Taylor’s best efforts helped Julio Urías (17-3), Blake Treinen and Kenley Jansen preserve the Dodgers’ 16th shutout of the season.

The win allowed the Dodgers (89-53) to snap a two-game losing streak and keep pace with the first-place San Francisco Giants (91-50), who have won five games in a row to extend their lead in the National League West to 2½ games.

The Padres (74-66) have become a specter in the playoff picture. They have lost four consecutive games to the Dodgers, all since the All-Star break, after winning the previous four head-to-head contests.

Urías became the first pitcher to win 17 games by limiting San Diego to three hits in seven innings. He hit two batters and issued one walk while striking out seven. His ERA fell to 2.98.

This time, he needed help. Urías hadn’t thrown a curveball to Machado until the fifth inning, when he left one over the plate in a 1-and-0 count with a runner on first base.

“I think (Machado) was sitting on that pitch all night,” Urías said through an interpreter. “I think he was working me to make that pitch. When he hit it, I thought it was going to go over the fence. It was a great play by Chris.”

On his 94th pitch of the evening, Urías got pinch hitter Tommy Pham to fly out to center field to end the seventh inning. It was the deepest Urías had pitched into a game since July 21.

“He’s a front-line starter, and when he takes the baseball we expect to win,” Roberts said of Urías. “For him to go deep tonight shows his maturity.”

Treinen allowed a pair of two-out singles, by Fernando Tatís Jr. and Ha-Seong Kim, before striking out Wil Myers to end the eighth inning. Jansen’s save was his 10th in a row and his 31st overall, tied for second in the NL.

Kim replaced Jake Cronenworth, who left the game after being hit on the hand by an 88-mph changeup from Urías in the third inning. Manager Jayce Tingler told reporters after the game that Cronenworth suffered a small fracture on his ring finger.

The Dodgers collected only four hits to the Padres’ six. They made each hit count. Mookie Betts singled off Musgrove just before Muncy pummeled a 91-mph cutter at the belt 428 feet to right field. The home run was Muncy’s 32nd of the season, tied for third in the National League.

In the fourth inning, Will Smith doubled and went to third base on a wild pitch by Musgrove. Taylor’s high-arcing fly ball to left field was deep enough for Smith to tag up and score with relative ease.

Taylor’s 72 RBIs this season trail only Muncy and Justin Turner among the team leaders. Friday, his value to the Dodgers shone brightest on defense.

Gavin Lux got his first career start in left field and caught the only ball hit in his immediate vicinity early on. Then in the fourth inning, Myers’ fly ball into the gap posed a bit of trouble.

Lux and Taylor began to converge in pursuit of the sinking baseball. Taylor hit the brakes, thinking to avoid a last-second collision, only to look up and see Lux peeling away. Taylor had to dive at the last second and make a snow-cone catch. Roberts called the snafu a “little communication thing” on Lux’s part.

“CT made the play,” Roberts said.

Roberts revealed that Taylor has been battling a neck ailment recently – a built-in excuse for his struggles at the plate that the veteran has declined to mention to the media.

It’s been four years since the Dodgers converted Taylor, a middle infielder by trade, into a capable defender at most positions on the field. That followed the winter of 2016-17, during which Taylor worked with current Dodgers hitting coach Robert Van Scoyoc to reshape his swing.

Now Lux is in position to follow a similar career path – a better route than his convergent path that turned a simple fly ball into an unwitting highlight Friday.

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