Dodgers force Game 5 in NLDS with bullpen shutout of Padres

SAN DIEGO — Like rescuers linking arms in a human chain to save someone in danger of drowning, the Dodgers’ bullpen linked arms, ventured out on the thin ice of Game 4 and kept their season from going under.

Achieving peak 2024, the Dodgers resorted to a bullpen game in an elimination game. Their backs to the wall, eight pitchers wore a path from the bullpen to the mound at Petco Park on Wednesday night – then forced San Diego Padres hitters to wear a path back to their dugout.

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