Padres eliminate Dodgers, advance to NLCS for 1st time since 1998 SAN DIEGO -- Nights like these,
when the weekend arrives and the Los Angeles Dodgers are in town,
don't often feel like a home-field advantage for the San Diego Padres.
It took a team effort to beat a really good team," Padres third baseman Manny Machado said, "and we did that tonight
When the seventh inning came around, they trailed 3-0 and were down to their final nine outs
while facing the grim prospect of returning to L.A. and facing the Dodgers' ace, Julio Urias, in a winner-take-all Game 5.
In addition, the Padres closed as a +190 underdog at Caesars Sportsbook to win the series
makingthis the second-biggest betting upset in a playoff series over the past 10 seasons.
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