Padres dispense with Dodgers, advance to NLCS for first time starting around 1998

Image Credit Google

[{"selector":"#anim-38c815c6-01d6-4177-84d1-18e45817da08","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-9505c1db-0bf1-454c-a6c6-d7215bee9e9c","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-0312efa7-47e4-42c1-9b92-7dd16572247e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3dc38c39-4a32-4579-b547-de65596e65e1 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.249999886225726%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}]

Image Credit Google

[{"selector":"#anim-d79080f2-8f51-4470-9547-0034c12e0002 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.466542007104913%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-5c2e72bb-f109-4a87-ac0b-1385f6f9882d","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2cb4056d-e919-41a6-afb7-de3b7d5cb1ff","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-7ffafb5a-642a-40c9-a0d5-ea8f29f66b69","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Image Credit Google

[{"selector":"#anim-c853a75d-245f-44dd-9b0f-b2172b375116 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.320312386652375%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6ede17df-c74d-4548-a9b4-7d05e9d7944e","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-aa601844-7783-4c98-acad-b077e6fb66b3","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-6fb8ad1a-7374-44a6-b12f-92f3df9b2b26","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Image Credit Google

[{"selector":"#anim-734ef237-25e4-4b75-994c-44a084e40745 [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(31.076049689857705%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-ba551aea-9016-4ca1-ab77-e292e5779991","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-1fbaf6ad-0712-4c08-bb18-77a4f7b589f6","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-8e7fd899-0e6d-4ccf-b2af-6fee93dece82","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Image Credit Google

[{"selector":"#anim-adb4488f-6830-4bfe-a253-afa344a72d6b [data-leaf-element=\"true\"]","keyframes":{"transform":["translate3d(34.179687404002955%, 0, 0) translate(25%, 0%) scale(1.5)","translate3d(0%, 0, 0) translate(0%, 0%) scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.14,.34,.47,.9)","fill":"forwards"}] [{"selector":"#anim-3708fdd3-1f98-4b1f-b803-2d49dc95fcdc","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":600,"easing":"cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-85a590db-e52e-4144-bf40-e4cb0a332b75","keyframes":{"opacity":[0,1]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"both"}] [{"selector":"#anim-2f760252-49ef-4014-8e50-69dd3634b8ef","keyframes":{"transform":["scale(0.3333333333333333)","scale(1)"]},"delay":0,"duration":2000,"easing":"cubic-bezier(.3,0,.55,1)","fill":"forwards"}]

Image Credit Google

Another RISP 0-fer has Dodgers facing

Image Credit Google

the Padres took a 2-1 lead in the National League Division Series with a 2-1 win over the Dodgers in Game

Image Credit Google

and now San Diego is just one win away from reaching the NL Championship Series for the first time since 1998

Image Credit Google

Outfielder Trent Grisham was again the hero, hitting the go-ahead and decisive homer in the fourth inning.

Image Credit Google

He’s hit three homers this postseason and has the Padres on the precipice of a major upset over the rival Dodgers, who won 22 more games than San Diego during the regular season.

Image Credit Google

It should make for an even crazier atmosphere for Saturday’s game, as San Diego native Joe Musgrove starts for the Padres, opposite Dodgers lefty Tyler Anderson.