LOS ANGELES — Now it's a series.
Now, the home-field advantage flips. Now, the pressure shifts. Now, an intriguing whiff of possibility lingers in the air. Now, things get edge-of-seat interesting.
The Padres macheted through Hall-bound pitcher Clayton Kershaw, Dodgers home runs in each of the first three innings, a see-sawing stretch of lead-tied-trailing-leading-tied again before the dawn of the fourth inning Wednesday to win wild, critical Game 2 of the NL Division Series 5-3 at Dodger Stadium.