The Padres did a good job minimizing the damage from Shohei Ohtani, though differences in personnel could keep the Mets from doing the same.

Dodgers pitchers finish the series with back-to-back shutouts in elimination games, and Kiké and Teoscar Hernandez hit solo home runs in a 2-0 Game 5 victory. Game 1 of the best-of-seven NLCS is

The Padres’ big hitters went bust with their season on the line. Three-time batting champion Luis Arraez, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jurickson Profar and Manny Machado were 1 for 14 in Game 5 as Los Angeles pitchers retired their last 19 batters.

Both teams present a daunting challenge, but let's dive deeper into biggest factors surrounding the potential NLCS matchups.

Yoshinobu Yamamoto outdueled Yu Darvish in a historic playoff matchup of Japanese-born starters, and the Los Angeles Dodgers got home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández to beat the San Die

For the first time in the Shohei Ohtani era, the Los Angeles Dodgers are headed to the NLCS. Home runs from Kiké Hernández and Teoscar Hernández and

In a spectacle that will go down in baseball lore, Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers stormed into their first National League Championship Series (NLCS) of the Ohtani era, capping off a dramatic Game 5 victory over the San Diego Padres.

The Los Angeles Dodgers' season came down to a huge Game 5 against the Padres with a shot at advancing to the NLCS.

Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani let it all out after he won his first-ever playoff series in his first year with the team.