Padres bounce back to beat Dodgers, send NLDS to San Diego tied up

AP photo by Ashley Landis / The San Diego Padres' Juan Soto is high-fived in the dugout after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jake Cronenworth during the third inning of Wednesday's NLDS Game 2 matchup against the host Los Angeles Dodgers. AP photo by Ashley Landis / The San Diego Padres' Juan Soto is high-fived in the dugout after scoring on a sacrifice fly by Jake Cronenworth during the third inning of Wednesday's NLDS Game 2 matchup against the host Los Angeles Dodgers.

By BETH HARRIS / The Associated Press October 12, 2022 6 min read

LOS ANGELES — Not many tabbed the San Diego Padres to beat the host New York Mets in the wild-card round of the National League Playoffs.

Even fewer picked them against the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have dominated the Padres — an NL West Division opponent — in recent years and were Major League Baseball’s best team during the recently completed regular season.

Well, they’re all even now.

Manny Machado homered early and added an RBI double off Clayton Kershaw, and Jurickson Profar singled home the go-ahead run as San Diego defeated the Dodgers 5-3 on Wednesday to tie their NL Division Series at one game apiece.

“We’re going to compete,” Machado said. “We’re going to try to do everything possible to help our team win every single day. That’s what we started in New York, and we’re going to continue to do that until we’re not.”