Padres muster no offense to support Yu Darvish's inspired pitching in NLDS loss to Dodgers

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Yu Darvish tapped the “PS” patch on his uniform and then went to work on the way to an inspired performance.

Yet, try as he might, Darvish’s stellar outing in memory of late San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler was not enough to overcome the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

With the Padres' offense in a slumber, the Dodgers pulled out a 2-0 victory in the deciding Game 5 of their NL Division Series. Less than a week after destiny seemed to point San Diego toward the next round, the Padres were headed home to ponder what happened and put together a plan for next season.

“Obviously, it’s a big game and you’re given the ball to pitch in these big games and for me it was about wanting to do this for Peter Seidler,” Darvish said through an interpreter after giving up two home runs among the three hits he allowed in 6 2/3 innings. “Unfortunately, the game went on as it did so there is some disappointment there.”