Padres Eliminate Dodgers and Advance to N.L.C.S.

The Padres’ seventh inning stretch run came suddenly and without warning. The Dodgers held a 3-0 lead and the Padres, through the first six innings had mustered just four hits and had advanced just two runners as far as second base. Los Angeles left-hander Tyler Anderson, making only the second postseason start of his career, shut them out on two hits over five innings. Chris Martin got Roberts’ crew through the sixth.

But then Tommy Kahnle issued a leadoff walk to start the seventh, Trent Grisham, Austin Nola, Ha-Seong Kim and Juan Soto followed with four consecutive singles and, suddenly, the game’s direction changed sharply. The Padres chewed through three relievers in the seventh — Kahnle, Yency Almonte and Alex Vesia — in sending 10 hitters to the plate.

Then reliever Robert Suarez continued his domination of the Dodgers this series with a 1-2-3 eighth inning. Sensing the kill, the crowd roared louder.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/16/sports/baseball/padres-eliminate-dodgers-nlds.html