The Dodgers’ bats had seemed to run dry when they scored only two runs in Game 2 and trailed one run behind the Padres for six innings in Game 3. With their season on the line in Game 4, the Dodgers finally found the spark they have been looking for since Game 1 of the NLDS — and had fun doing it.
“I think it was a lot more light than people would think,” Dodgers right fielder Mookie Betts said. “We weren’t uptight. We were having fun, laughing, joking. We knew what we were about to do.