/download (1).webp "The Padres’ Juan Soto cheers his game-tying single in the seventh inning of the NLDS on Saturday at Petco Park. San Diego won 5-3 over the Dodgers and will advance to the National League Championship Series.(Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)")
The disaster unfolded in slow motion, a train wreck of an inning, of a playoff series, of a once-promising and historic 2022 season.
The Dodgers entered the bottom of the seventh Saturday night leading the San Diego Padres by three runs.
They ended the frame trailing by two, a combination of bad execution, puzzling decision-making and relentless Padres hitting paving the way for a 5-3 loss in Game 4 of the National League Division Series that eliminated the Dodgers from the playoffs.
In their worst nightmares, they couldn’t have concocted a more harrowing scene.
