Scioscia Makes His Bid to Remain a Dodger : Baseball: He homers, and his single in the 11th inning brings a 5-4 victory over the Padres.

SAN DIEGO — If Mike Scioscia is leaving the Dodgers this winter after 13 seasons, he apparently wants to make sure they know he’s gone.

After Scioscia’s first home run in nearly four months gave the Dodgers a seventh-inning lead that they lost, his run-scoring single in the 11th inning gave them a 5-4 victory over the San Diego Padres on Monday.

Before 8,690 at San Diego Jack Murphy Stadium, the smallest crowd of the year here, Scioscia followed an 11th-inning leadoff walk by Tom Goodwin and a single by Dave Anderson with a line drive to center field against losing pitcher Jeremy Hernandez.

Roger McDowell recorded his 13th save by retiring Kevin Ward on a popped-up bunt and Craig Shipley on a double-play grounder in the bottom of the 11th inning.

It was the first time Scioscia has had three runs batted in in a game this season. And between hits he found time to throw out one of two baserunners attempting to steal and picked a runner off third base with one out.

Scioscia, a potential free agent who is not expected to return next season because the catching job would go to Mike Piazza, has thrown out 11 of the last 25 runners attempting to steal on him. That 44% ratio is more than twice his percentage during the first four months of the season.

The Dodgers should have won the game in nine innings after Scioscia’s homer.

His line drive over the right-field fence with Billy Ashley on first base in the seventh inning gave them a 4-3 lead, with Kevin Gross pitching an overpowering game.

But in the bottom of the seventh, pinch-hitter Oscar Azocar led off with the one thing the Dodgers fear most--a grounder to an infielder.

This time it went to second baseman Lenny Harris, who bobbled it and then threw it late to first base.

Azocar was bunted to second, but it looked as though Gross might get off the hook after inducing a grounder from pinch-hitter Phil Stephenson and then getting a 1-and-2 count on Gary Sheffield.

But there is a reason Sheffield had 13 RBIs against the Dodgers. He stuck his bat out at an outside pitch and knocked it over the head of third baseman Dave Hansen, scoring Azocar.

The Padres’ comeback ruined an opportunity for Gross to win his first game at San Diego in more than seven years.

Gross, who allowed only four runs--three of them earned--in eight innings, has not won here in 11 consecutive starts.

The Dodgers took a 1-0 lead in the first inning against Greg Harris on two hits, a bunt and a run-scoring grounder by Eric Karros.

But they had not yet taken the field. And soon after they did, the Padres led, 2-1, after the Dodgers’ 161st error.

Tony Fernandez started the game against Gross with a double into the left-field corner. By the time Henry Rodriguez finished bobbling the ball, Fernandez was running to third base.

Kurt Stillwell singled to left, scoring Fernandez. Sheffield then doubled into the left-field corner.

Sheffield lost an RBI when the ball became stuck behind the left-field wall and Stillwell was forced to stop at third.

Moments later, in what became an important play, Scioscia picked Stillwell off third base. Santiago then singled to center to score the Padres’ second run.

Scioscia’s home run against Harris was his third of the season and first in 233 at-bats.