Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

No one is saying the series is over, but Kyle Schwarber’s homer has Phillies fans believing the blast could carry them though October.

Linked by their high-profile (and expensive) free-agent offseason of 2019, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado meet with a World Series berth on the line.

This wasn’t supposed to happen to the 111-win Dodgers, the first team since 1906 to lose a postseason series to a team with 22 fewer victories.

The Padres rallied past the Dodgers with a five-run seventh inning in Game 4 to win the series. They advance to play the Phillies in the NLCS.

The Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 – their first playoff win in front of their own fans since 1998 – to move one win away from the NLCS.

The Padres knocked off the Dodgers, 5-3, evening the NLDS at one-game apiece, and are now threatening to ruin the Dodgers’ dream season.

The NLDS between the league-best Dodgers and NL West rival Padres is now a best-of-three as the series shifts to San Diego.

Trea Turner, the Dodgers leadoff hitter, carried LA’s offense against the Padres in Game 1 of the NLDS.

The Dodgers, who won Game 1 of the NLDS against the Padres, have dominated San Diego this year, going 15-5.