Jurickson Profar Says the Dodgers ‘Lying’ Motivated the Padres in Game 3

There is a fine line between confidence and cockiness and Jurickson Profar is teetering on the border.

The San Diego Padres left fielder has been fueling the drama with his taunting of fans and shenanigans in the field.

However, he doesn’t see it that way and added gasoline to the fire on Tuesday when he accused the Dodgers of lying.

“I think it motivated us. It motivated us,” he said about Game 2’s brouhaha. “Like all those things — all (that) lying I don’t know, man. It’s a great team over there. I don’t think they need all (that) lying. We just need to play baseball. … Like Fernando’s dancing. You guys are insulting us. You (are) throwing stuff. You do everything. What do you want him to do? He’s reacting like that, he’s dancing like that because of you guys. And they make it seem like no, he’s dancing and taunting the fans. Do you think he just goes to the field to be dancing? Really?”

Profar’s opinion of Game 2 doesn’t seem to be a reality but he will keep telling himself that as long as the Padres are winning.

Some of his teammates moved past the chaos of Game 2 and didn’t want to comment on it.

“I don’t think we should waste our energy on much of that,” Xander Bogaerts said. “Listen, we have something special going on here, and the more we can block out those noises from the outside, I mean, the better it’s gonna be for us. I think that’s the way we should continue approaching it. … We can’t control what people put out there. We can’t control what people think of us. But, as I said, we have something really special going on here, and the more positive energy we have … I think we should take that approach.”

Outfielder David Peralta has been on both sides of this rivalry and has played a key role with the Padres in this series.

“No matter what the situation (is) that goes down, don’t worry, we’ve got your back,” said Peralta, whose double drove in two runs in the second inning. “That’s what we do. We did it today. … We’re good — offense, defense, pitching, starting, relievers. That’s what it’s all about. We come and shut the teams down. The Dodgers have a pretty good lineup, and we just shut it down. That’s what it’s all about. It’s not just about one person. … We’re all together in this, and that’s what we’re doing. We’ve been doing this the whole year, and we’re just going to keep doing it. And the best part is we get better every day.”

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