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:

Shohei Ohtani's gesture after getting hit by a pitch late in Thursday's game may have changed the dynamic of the Dodgers-Padres rivalry.

Shohei Ohtani made his Los Angeles Dodgers pitching debut on Monday night against the San Diego Padres and took to social media to comment on it.