SAN DIEGO — The second postseason start of Tyler Anderson’s career couldn’t have gone much better. The Dodgers left-hander blanked the San Diego Padres on two hits through five innings, striking out six and walking two. He retired nine straight batters from the second through fifth innings.
His pitch count stood at 86 through five innings, with the left-handed-hitting Juan Soto, whom Anderson had struck out in the first inning and retired on a groundout in the third, due to lead off the bottom of the sixth.
Anderson had a two-run lead and plenty left in the tank, which was obvious when he was asked after a gut-wrenching 5-3 loss in Game 4 of the National League Division Series if he could have thrown one more inning.
