Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

San Diego is now four wins away from earning the chance to play for their first World Series championship in the 54-year history of the franchise.

This wasn’t supposed to happen to the 111-win Dodgers, the first team since 1906 to lose a postseason series to a team with 22 fewer victories.

The Padres rallied past the Dodgers with a five-run seventh inning in Game 4 to win the series. They advance to play the Phillies in the NLCS.

The Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 – their first playoff win in front of their own fans since 1998 – to move one win away from the NLCS.

The NLDS between the league-best Dodgers and NL West rival Padres is now a best-of-three as the series shifts to San Diego.

Trea Turner, the Dodgers leadoff hitter, carried LA’s offense against the Padres in Game 1 of the NLDS.

The Dodgers, who won Game 1 of the NLDS against the Padres, have dominated San Diego this year, going 15-5.

Pujols’ storybook season was supposed to end with him and teammate Yadier Molina winning a World Series title together. Instead, it ended early.

Harper slugged his sixth career postseason home run en route to a Phillies 2-0 win over the Cardinals. Philadelphia will face the Braves in the NLDS.

St. Louis blew a ninth-inning lead in Game 1, giving up six runs in a loss that pushed them to the brink of elimination.