Author: Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY

Linked by their high-profile (and expensive) free-agent offseason of 2019, Bryce Harper and Manny Machado meet with a World Series berth on the line.

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 Padres knocked off the Dodgers, 5-3, evening the NLDS at one-game apiece, and are now threatening to ruin the Dodgers’ dream season.

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.