Padres defy hostile crowd to down the Dodgers

Fans threw baseballs in the direction of San Diego left fielder Jurickson Profar and then tossed rubbish that caused a lengthy delay before the Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers 10-2 to even their National League Division Series at a game apiece.

Yu Darvish limited the Dodgers' powerful offence to one run and three hits over seven innings and Fernando Tatis Jr went deep twice as the Padres tied the postseason record of six homers.

David Peralta and Jackson Merrill each hit two-run homers on Sunday (Monday AEDT), and a hobbled Xander Bogaerts and Kyle Higashioka had solo shots.

The delay in the middle of the seventh inning led to a 12-minute gap between pitches and occurred as two balls were thrown from the stands in the direction of Profar. He chased after one of them but a security officer got to it first. Rubbish was strewn on the warning track in right near the Padres bullpen.

There was continuous booing by the sellout crowd of 54,119 - the largest at Dodger Stadium this season.

Security rushed onto the field as Padres manager Mike Shildt and his team huddled in shallow left. They were joined by the umpiring crew. Security appeared to be trying to identify potential perpetrators in the crowd.

Manny Machado gathered his Padres teammates in the dugout to boost them before the game resumed.

The best-of-five series shifts to San Diego on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT).

Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty hit Tatis with a pitch in the sixth inning, and Profar exchanged words with Dodgers catcher Will Smith.

The Dodgers thought they'd tied it in the bottom of the first. Mookie Betts hit a deep fly to the corner and left field umpire Adrian Johnson circled his arm signaling a home run.

But Profar battled the outstretched arms of fans, reeling in the ball on the webbing of his glove. He barely reacted to his spectacular grab, hopping away backward as he stared at the astonished fans. Later, there were verbal exchanges between fans and Profar.

In the earlier game in Philadelphia, Nick Castellanos ripped a winning two-out single off Tylor Megill that scored Bryce Harper and sent the Phillies to a dizzying 7-6 win over the New York Mets to even their NL Division Series at one game apiece.

Castellanos tossed his helmet and was mobbed by teammates on the infield as a game that seemed to slip away one inning earlier turned into one more comeback for the NL East champions.

Megill retired the first two batters of the ninth and walked Harper, who also homered and scored twice.

Castellanos, who also homered, followed with perhaps the hit of his Phillies' career. He fell behind 0-2, took a ball in the dirt, then pulled a hanging slider into left and sparked the towel-waving crowd at Citizens Bank Park into a frenzy.