Schedule and 2022 Results
Regular Season Records: San Diego 89-73, Philadelphia 87-75
Game 1 on Tuesday, 18 October: Philadelphia wins at San Diego, 2-runs-nil
Game 2 on Wednesday, 19 October: Philadelphia loses at San Diego, 8-runs-5
Game 3 on Friday, 21 October: San Diego loses at Philadelphia, 4-runs-2
Game 4 on Saturday, 22 October: San Diego loses at Philadelphia, 10-runs-6
Game 5 on Sunday, 23 October: San Diego loses at Philadelphia, 4-runs-3

SERIES NOTES:

After Game 5: The Philadelphia Phillies hosted and bested the San Diego Padres 4-runs-3 to complete a 4-games-1 best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1516 victory. With the series 1516 win, the Philadelphia Phillies improve their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record to 6-6 overall and 4-1 in the Semifinals round. With the series 1516 loss, the San Diego Padres see their best-of-7 MLB playoff series record fall to 1-3 overall and 1-1 in the Semifinals round. The win order for the victorious Philadelphia Phillies in series 1516 was WLWWW: Series 1516 thus becomes the seventh MLB Semifinals-round series, the 17th MLB series (all rounds), and the 88th MLB/NBA/NHL series (all rounds) to follow that win order to completion. With their series 1516 victory via a WLWWW win order, the Philadelphia Phillies have now accounted for three of the last four best-of-7 MLB playoff series to follow a WLWWW win order to completion. The Philadelphia Phillies trailed the visiting San Diego Padres by one run as late as after 7.5 innings of series 1516 Game 5, but prevailed: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games from 1905 through 2022, inclusive, home teams down one run as late as after 7.5 innings had a game record of only 36-90 (.286) - the Philadelphia Phillies thus achieve a grade-C (.200 - .299) in-game comeback.

After Game 4: The Philadelphia Phillies hosted and bested the San Diego Padres 10-runs-6 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1516 lead of 3-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the Philadelphia Phillies have a series record of 3-0 and a Game 5 record of 3-0. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 3-games-1, the San Diego Padres have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 5 record of 0-1. Philadelphia trailed series 1516 Game 4 by four runs at home after 0.5 innings, but won: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games from 1905 through 2022, inclusive, home teams trailing 4-runs-nil after 0.5 innings had a game record of only 1-8 (.111), with the sole home team victory by the Pittsburgh Pirates over the old Washington Senators in best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 18, in 1925 World Series Game 7.

After Game 3: The Philadelphia Phillies hosted and defeated the San Diego Padres 4-runs-2 to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1516 lead of 2-games-1. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the Philadelphia Phillies have a series record of 4-0 and a Game 4 record of 3-1. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 2-games-1, the San Diego Padres have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 4 record of 0-1. Series 1516 Game 3 through 4.0 innings was a twin game to series 111 Game 4, with single runs in the bottom of the first inning and in the top of the fourth inning, and with two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning: Series 111 Game 4 featured the old Brooklyn Dodgers at the New York Yankees in the 1956 World Series (with the Yankees winning, 6-runs-2).

After Game 2: The San Diego Padres hosted and bested the Philadelphia Phillies 8-runs-5 to tie best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1516 at 1-game-all. When tied 1-game-all in a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series, the San Diego Padres have a series record of 0-1 and a Game 3 record of 0-1 (in the 1984 World Series against the Detroit Tigers), while the Philadelphia Phillies have a series record of 3-5 and a Game 3 record of 2-6. The San Diego Padres trailed the visiting Philadelphia Phillies by four runs as late as after 1.5 innings but won: In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff games from 1905 through 2022, inclusive, home teams down four or more runs after 1.5 innings had a game record of only 5-26 (.161) - the San Diego Padres thus achieve a grade-B in-game comeback in series 1516 Game 2. In best-of-7 MLB playoff games, the last deficit of four or more runs after 1.5 innings surmounted by the home team was in series 523 Game 3, in which the Oakland Athletics hosted and defeated the Boston Red Sox in the 1988 MLB Semifinals.

After Game 1: The Philadelphia Phillies visited and shut out the San Diego Padres 2-runs-nil to take a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1516 lead of 1-game-nil. When leading a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the Philadelphia Phillies have a series record of 5-3 and a Game 2 record of 2-6. When trailing a best-of-7 MLB/NBA/NHL playoff series 1-game-nil, the San Diego Padres have a series record of 0-2 and a Game 2 record of 1-1. In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff series from 1905 through 2021, inclusive, road teams winning Game 1 by a 2-runs-nil score (such as the Philadelphia Phillies in series 1516) had a 1-2 series record and a 1-2 Game 2 record, with the Game 2 outcome presaging the series outcome: The two losses were sustained by the Seattle Mariners in series 820 (to the New York Yankees in the 2000 American League Championship Series) and by the Boston Red Sox in series 1053 (to the Tampa Bay Rays in the 2008 ALCS); the sole victory was achieved by the Washington Nationals in series 1417 (in the 2019 National League Championship Series over the St. Louis Cardinals). In the history of best-of-7 MLB playoff series from 1905 through 2021, inclusive, road teams winning Game 1 by shutout had a 5-8 series record and a 3-10 Game 2 record.

Pre-series assessment: In the 2022 MLB regular season, the San Diego Padres finished two games ahead of the Philadelphia Phillies. From 1905 through the 2021 MLB Finals round, when MLB teams led their best-of-7 playoff series opponents by two regular-season games, they have posted a best-of-7 playoff series record of 8-7 (.533) in those series against those opponents. MLB/NBA/NHL best-of-7 playoff series 1516 is the fourth best-of-7 MLB playoff series for the San Diego Padres, and the 12th for the Philadelphia Phillies. In best-of-7 MLB playoff series, the San Diego Padres have an all-rounds series record of 1-2, a Semifinals-round series record of 1-0, and a Game 1 record of 1-2, while the Philadelphia Phillies have an all-rounds series record of 5-6, a Semifinals-round series record of 3-1, and a Game 1 record of 8-3. Series 1516 is the first best-of-7 MLB playoff series meeting between the San Diego Padres and the Philadelphia Phillies.