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Dodgers’ playoff party becomes NLDS nail-biter in Game 1 win over Padres

What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, a game once seemingly headed for a blowout instead becoming an immediate October stress test. The Dodgers know they don’t have a traditional pitching staff. They don’t care about their unsettled situation in the ninth inning. During a franchise-record 111-win season, it rarely mattered — not when veteran closer Craig Kimbrel battled maddening ...
Thge Los Angeles Dodgers' Will Smith scores a run past San Diego Padres catcher Austin Nola on an RBI double by Gavin Lux during the third inning in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, in Los Angeles.

What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, a game once seemingly headed for a blowout instead becoming an immediate October stress test.

The Dodgers know they don’t have a traditional pitching staff.

They don’t care about their unsettled situation in the ninth inning.

During a franchise-record 111-win season, it rarely mattered — not when veteran closer Craig Kimbrel battled maddening inconsistency for most of the year, and not when they removed him from the role a month ago in favor of a closer-by-committee approach.

All along, they

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