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Oct 12 • 8 tweets • 5 min read
First, there was October magic.

Trea Turner, the second Dodgers hitter, walloped a fastball from Mike Clevinger and drove it into a left-field pavilion that was still filling up with stunned fans.

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But then, there was October madness.

The #Dodgers took on the #Padres in the first game of #NLDS in #LosAngeles.

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The Dodgers grabbed a 5-0 lead but their bats disappeared. Julio Urías threw four good innings but his curveball collapsed. The Dodgers needed a dozen outs from an anonymously brilliant bullpen.

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What started as a party turned into a nail-biter, an almost certain October blowout instead devolving into a sudden postseason stress test.

Dodgers survived with a 5-3 victory to win the first of a best-of-five duel that might require every bit of them.

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In their effort to accumulate the 11 postseason victories required to win a World Series championship, it was a somewhat shaky first step, but maybe shaky is good.

Maybe scared is good.

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Trailing by those five runs after three innings, the Padres could have quit but didn’t, fighting back to put the potential tying run on base in the sixth.

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Dominating with eight of nine batters reaching base in those three innings, the Dodgers should have closed the deal but couldn’t, as 16 of their last 17 batters were retired.

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Could be a compelling month. Could be a crazy month. Should be both.

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