Ishii Is Double Tough

More runs and consistency from pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii are among the top items on the Dodgers’ long wish list.

They put big check marks next to both Wednesday night after an 11-4 victory over the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

The Dodgers rebounded against their Southland rival a night after San Diego used a six-run fourth to cruise to an 8-3 victory in the series opener, pounding Padre starter David Wells in a six-run second and taking the second game before 34,558.

Ishii (2-0) overcame early command problems, escaping the first inning without giving up a run after throwing six consecutive balls to start the game and walking the first two batters. He worked 6 2/3 innings and out-dueled Wells (0-1) in a battle of left-handers.

The Dodgers supported Ishii with 13 hits, and Ishii also contributed to the scoring with a rare two-run single. It was a script straight from the Dodgers’ list.

“We swung the bats well and got the hits in key situations when we needed to,” said catcher Paul Lo Duca after the Dodgers won for only the fourth time in their last 12 games in San Diego.

“You’ve got to get to a guy like Wells early, which we did, and then Ishii kept us in the ballgame. He got out of that first inning with nothing after throwing [six] straight balls, which was the key. And we definitely swung the bats well.”

The Dodgers received top-to-bottom contributions from a batting order that featured highlight-tape performances from many players:

* Lo Duca extended his hitting streak to eight games and drove in three runs.

* Shawn Green contributed four hits (two doubles), reached base safely in five plate appearances and scored four runs.

* Milton Bradley’s two-run double capped the second-inning scoring.

* Juan Encarnacion atoned for committing his first error in 228 games, connecting on a towering two-run, 423-foot home run in the seventh.

“People still focus on last year’s offense and last year’s team, but it’s a different lineup,” first baseman Green said. “When you’ve got eight regulars in the lineup and two or three of them are new, it’s a big difference.”

And then there’s Ishii (2-0). He took a 10-1 lead into the seventh inning before giving up three runs in a 103-pitch outing. Ishii did his part on the mound, and the light-hitting pitcher also delivered at the plate with a two-run single in the second.

And that from a guy who was hitless in two at-bats this season and only six for 86 -- with 39 strikeouts -- in two-plus seasons in the major leagues.

“That was big, but he also threw the ball real well,” Lo Duca said. “After he got out the first inning, he basically cruised. He had a good changeup and a good breaking ball. In the later innings, we were just coming at them because that’s what the game dictated.”

After working seven scoreless innings against San Francisco in his Padre debut, Wells (0-1) was in trouble early against the Dodgers and didn’t recover. San Diego Manager Bruce Bochy went to the bullpen with none out in the fifth after Bradley singled and Green doubled.

Lo Duca connected on Jason Szuminski’s second pitch for a two-run single, giving the Dodgers an 8-1 lead and capping an awful outing for Wells. The burly 200-game winner’s earned-run average went from zero to 6.55 after a 10-hit, eight-run performance in only four-plus innings.

Green showed signs of emerging from his early slump in Tuesday’s loss, hitting a homer estimated at 429 feet. He started the Dodgers’ breakout inning Wednesday with a single, and Lo Duca followed with a hit to put runners on first and second.

Encarnacion’s single drove in Green with the Dodgers’ first run and put runners at the corners. Adrian Beltre moved Encarnacion into scoring position with a grounder to the left side, and the Padres intentionally walked No. 8 batter Jose Hernandez to load the bases with Ishii on deck.

Ishii battled Wells in what the Dodgers said was the pitcher’s best career at-bat, at one point fouling off four consecutive pitches, before ripping a single to center to give the Dodgers a 3-0 lead.