Instead of long odds in series, 5-3 win shifts home-field advantage to Padres
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.
Machado began the fireworks by reminding the 53,122 fidgeting in seats of his big-bat reputation against Kershaw. Though Machado had hit .257 against the Dodgers’ mainstay in 35 career at-bats, he’d homered three times with a .514 slugging percentage — fifth all time among those with at least that many at-bats.
When Muncy followed with a single off the wall, it appeared a trademark Dodgers’ throat punch was in the on-deck circle. The Padres, though, turned a crowd-silencing 4-6-3 double play to match the momentum changing version the Dodgers uncorked in Game 1. Padres manager Bob Melvin sifted through the miniscule margins in a series like this against a team like that.
The bird established residence on the grass in shallow right-center near Cronenworth. Grounds crew workers rushed to corral the animal, which flew away, only to park near the Dodgers’ on-deck circle. They tried again, but the bird relocated to the grass near third base before being caught and carried off.In the bottom of the eighth, the Dodgers ratcheted up the sweat levels again.
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