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Dodgers strike back, rout Padres to force Game 5

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SAN DIEGO — The Los Angeles Dodgers weren’t quite ready to go home for the winter.

Mookie Betts, Will Smith and Gavin Lux all homered as the Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 8-0 in Game 4 of their National League Divisional Series on Wednesday night, avoiding elimination and knotting their best-of-five series at two games apiece.

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The Dodgers won despite trotting out a host of relievers in a bullpen game — eight pitchers combined to allow seven hits and two walks, striking out eight batters in the shutout.

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Game 5 will be on Friday in Los Angeles, with the winner earning a spot in the NLCS. The game will be broadcast on FOX at 8:08 p.m. ET.

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Mookie Betts crushes a solo homer, giving Dodgers early 1-0 lead

Mookie Betts crushes a solo homer, giving Dodgers early 1-0 lead

Gavin Lux crushes two-run homer to extend Dodgers’ lead to 8-0

Gavin Lux crushes two-run homer to extend Dodgers' lead to 8-0

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Lindor’s grand slam sends Mets into NLCS with 4-1 win over Phillies in Game 4 of NLDS

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Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in an extraordinary season full of them, and the New York Mets reached the National League Championship Series with a 4-1 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies on Wednesday.

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Edwin Díaz struck out Kyle Schwarber with two runners aboard to end it as New York finished off the rival Phillies in Game 4 of their best-of-five Division Series, winning 3-1 to wrap up a postseason series at home for the first time in 24 years.

Immediately to follow in a raucous clubhouse, the Mets’ first champagne-soaked clinching celebration in Citi Field’s 16-season history.

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After three days of rest, New York will open the best-of-seven NLCS on Sunday at the San Diego Padres or Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego held a 2-1 lead in their NLDS heading into Game 4 on Wednesday night.

For the NL East champion Phillies, who won 95 games and finished six ahead of the wild-card Mets during the regular season, it was a bitter exit early in the playoffs and a disappointing step backward after they advanced to the 2022 World Series and then lost Games 6 and 7 of the 2023 NLCS at home to Arizona.

After falling short again in October, Bryce Harper and the Phillies are still looking for the franchise’s third championship.

Reporting by The Associated Press.

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