The Los Angeles Dodgers face the San Diego Padres on Friday in Game 5 of the NLDS. The series is tied 2-2, and the winner moves on to the NLCS.

Garvey’s blast off Lee Smith in the bottom of the ninth inning on Oct. 6, 1984, was a transformational moment for a franchise that 40 years later is still looking for another one. That is the kind of moment that awaits the 2024 Padres on Friday. The Padres had to win the next day after Garvey’s historic blast to take the series from the Cubs.