<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Do the Padres have a puncher's chance against the Dodgers?"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">SAN DIEGO — It was the year Google was founded, president Bill Clinton was impeached, and the Apple iMac was introduced.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The year was 1998.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">It was the last time the people of San Diego watched the Padres win a postseason game in person at home.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">It was 5,853 days ago, for those counting.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Padres treated their raucous sellout crowd to a 2-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night at Petco Park. They're threatening to pull one of the greatest postseason upsets in baseball history.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong>Follow every game:</strong> <a target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":body nav (mlb)|e|auto spike click:5|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a" href="https://sportsdata.usatoday.com/baseball/mlb/scores">Live MLB Scores</a></p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Padres, with a 2 games to 1 lead, are just one victory away from winning the best-of-five National League Division Series, which could set off the greatest celebration in this city since Steve Garvey’s game-winning homer in Game 4 of the 1984 NLCS against the Chicago Cubs.</p><aside aria-label="advertisement" class="gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Padres also could absolutely ruin the Dodgers’ dream season. L.A. won 111 games during the regular season, but is in danger of collapsing in the first round.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Padres, who finished 22 games behind the Dodgers in the NL West, could become the first team since the 1906 Chicago White Sox to win a postseason series against an opponent who won at least 22 more games in the regular season.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The Padres, who lost 14 of 19 games to the Dodgers during the season, would also be only the fourth team in history to have a winning percentage of .263 or lower against a single opponent and win a postseason series against them.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The last team to accomplish the feat?</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">The 1988 Dodgers against...</p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/columnist/bob-nightengale/2022/10/14/padres-beat-dodgers-game-3-nlds/10504746002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
