If I was the commissioner of baseball, I wouldn’t even allow a Game 5 at their place," Padres reliever Jeremiah Estrada told reporters on Monday, describing the beer cans, bottles and baseballs thrown onto the field and in the bullpen.

For decades, the Padres craved the chance of slaying the “dragon up the freeway,” as late owner Peter Seidler would say. With one more win, they would accomplish just that for the second time in three years.