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Column: This season’s first taste of Dodgers-Padres drama has everyone wanting more

Eighteen more Dodgers-Padres games this season? Yes, please, if they’re anything like Friday’s gloriously tense, edge-of-your-seat, utterly captivating series opener at San Diego’s Petco Park. “It was like a playoff game,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said after his team’s 12-inning, 11-6 victory had ended in the early minutes of Saturday morning, depleting his bullpen and his bench but not his appreciation of this unexpected gem.

Eighteen more games between the best teams in the National League West, the defending World Series champion Dodgers and a Padres team that was built and bulked up to match the Dodgers’ bountiful skill and ultimately dethrone them?