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The Padres won a nailbiter of a Game 2 against the Dodgers thanks to a heroic effort from their bullpen—most notably, a 31-year-old rookie reliever.

LOS ANGELES — Literally speaking, the Padres did not have to win Wednesday night.

Yesterday was the first day of the four division series. It was also the first time I ever attended a postseason game. Presumably, some of you reading this newsletter have experienced the atmosphere of playoff baseball in person. If you haven’t, you surely have read some of our game’s greatest…

Los Angeles’s manager has made operating without a closer an advantage for baseball’s best team.

What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, a game once seemingly headed for a blowout instead becoming an immediate October stress test.

The San Diego Padres will meet the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLDS on Tuesday night from Dodger Stadium.

The best thing about today is that we get to watch four playoff games. The second best part? We finally can see the top four teams (two from each league) in postseason action. Indeed, because of the new 12-team format, the Dodgers, Braves, Astros and Yankees all received first-round byes.…

San Diego comes in as an underdog against the winningest team in MLB, but it’ll look to compete with Los Angeles’s elite pitching trio as it did vs. the Mets.

After the wild-card appetizer, the ALDS and NLDS get started on Tuesday.