In simplest terms, the Dodgers stayed afloat last week, splitting six games in extreme fashion by getting swept by a good team then sweeping a terrible one.
The weekend bounce back came at the hands of the lowly Padres, who served as the plankton for a Dodgers team that sank their playoff hopes to the ocean floor with that Cardinals series.
Kenley Jansen returned to a fractured bullpen only to find out he was the broken one, allowing at least one home run in all three of his appearances.