SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jake Cronenworth He broke a tie with a two-out, two-run single in the seventh inning and the San Diego Padres rallied from the Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3 on Saturday to advance to the NL Championship Series for the first time since 1998.
The Padres defeated the Dodgers, who had posted 111 regular-season wins, with a five-run comeback to win the best-of-five division series 3-1 before a packed Petco Park of 45,139 fans.
“There’s going to be a party out there tonight,” said the starting pitcher. Joe Musgrove, who grew up a Padres fan in suburban San Diego. “I mean, the Dodgers have been beating the crap out of us since I was little.”
San Diego hosts the Philadelphia Phillies on Tuesday and Wednesday for the first two games of a series between teams that had to play wild card games. The Phillies defeated the Atlanta Braves 8-3 to win their series in four games.
The crowd roared when Josh Hadersigned from the Milwaukee Brewers on August 1, struck out Freddie Freeman to finish the game. Padres players cheered on the four and fireworks exploded over the downtown stadium. Manny Machado Y John Soto They asked the attendees for more.
The Padres last reached the NL title series 24 years ago, when they beat the Braves in six games and then were swept by the New York Yankees in the World Series.
After the lefty Tyler Anderson held the Padres to five scoreless innings, the hosts managed to put a dent in the Dodgers’ bullpen in the seventh.
The victory went to Tim Hillwhile Yency Almonte charged with defeat.
Latin Americans did not hit for the Dodgers.
For the Padres, Dominican Soto 4-1 with a run scored and an RBI.
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