Jake Cronenworth capped a five-run Padres seventh with a two-out, two-run tiebreaking single on Saturday night as the San Diego Padres rallied from a 3-0 deficit to defeat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 5-3, eliminating the National League West champions from the playoffs.
Austin Nola, Ha-Seong Kim, and Juan Soto drove in runs earlier in the seventh before Cronenworth lined his single to center off Alex Vesia to put the Padres ahead.
HE IS HIM. #CaptureTheMoment pic.twitter.com/VYUX81hImH
— San Diego Padres (@Padres) October 16, 2022
The Padres will open the National League Championship Series on Tuesday at home against Philadelphia.
After winning a franchise-record 111 games in the regular season and the opener of the NLDS series, the Dodgers lost three straight to the Padres — who were 5-14 against the Dodgers in the regular season.
Left-hander Tyler Anderson started for the Dodgers and gave up two hits and two walks with six strikeouts in five scoreless innings. Musgrove allowed two runs on six hits and three walks with eight strikeouts in six innings.
Phillies 8, Braves 3
Brandon Marsh hit a three-run homer in the second inning as Philadelphia never looked back against defending World Series champion Atlanta to advance to the National League Championship Series.
Philadelphia catcher J.T. Realmuto hit an inside-the-park home run to become the first catcher in postseason history to accomplish the feat. Philadelphia had another three-run rally in the sixth inning, as Bryce Harper delivered the final blow to Atlanta with a ninth-inning homer to left field.
JT.
Franzke.
Chills. pic.twitter.com/WYy7qGuliG— Philadelphia Phillies (@Phillies) October 16, 2022
Atlanta had solo home runs from Matt Olson, Orlando Arcia, and Travis d’Arnaud, but did not have an at-bat with a runner in scoring position.
Astros 1, Mariners 0 (18 innings)
Jeremy Pena, hitless in his first seven at-bats, homered leading off the 18th inning as Houston eliminated host Seattle from an American League Division Series.
HE. IS. HIM. pic.twitter.com/6abbBe2ZK6
— Houston Astros (@astros) October 16, 2022
The Astros swept the best-of-five series 3-0, spoiling Seattle’s first postseason appearance since 2001.
Pena’s homer decided the longest scoreless game in postseason history. Astros right-hander Luis Garcia pitched five innings of relief for the victory. He allowed two hits, didn’t walk a batter, and struck out six. The teams combined to strike out 42 times, strand 28 runners on base and went 0-for-19 with runners in scoring position. The game lasted 6 hours and 22 minutes.
Guardians 2, Yankees 5
The New York Yankees defeated the Cleveland Guardians behind a stellar performance by Garrit Cole to force a winner-take-all Game 5 on Sunday. The Yankee ace only allowed 2 runs over 7 innings while striking out eight, while also preserving the bullpen, which has been heavily tapped in the series, to be ready for the deciding game on Monday.
Dominance by @GerritCole45 👊#RepBX pic.twitter.com/lBEKUHSl5O
— New York Yankees (@Yankees) October 17, 2022
Center fielder Harrison Bader gave the Yankees all the runs they would need when he clobbered a 2-run home run in the second inning to put them up 3-0. It was Bader’s third homer of the postseason, as he has been the offensive star for the New York club so far. He was acquired at the trade deadline from the St. Louis Cardinals to give the Yankees the extra push they needed in the playoffs.
The Yankees and Guardians face off in the deciding Game 5 tonight at 7:07 pm in New York.
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