- MLB-best Dodgers to 14th NLCS after 12-3 win to sweep Padres
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Justin Turner put the Dodgers ahead with a record-breaking hit in a big inning fueled by a nice stop-gone-bad by Fernando Tatis Jr, and Los Angeles closed out a three-game NL Division Series sweep of the San Diego Padres with an 12-3 win Thursday night.
Will Smith set a Dodgers postseason record with five hits, and Joc Pederson had a two-run single to cap that decisive five-run third as Los Angeles advanced to its fourth NL Championship Series in five years the Dodgers lost to the Washington Nationals in a five-game division series last season. It will be the Dodgers’ 14th NLCS, matching the St Louis Cardinals for the most.
