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Kelly was credited with the save by recording the final out of Wednesday's Game 2 against the Padres. He walked two batters.

Closer Kenley Jansen surrendered two runs and was pulled with two outs and the tying run on second base, leaving Kelly to face Fernando Tatis and Manny Machado. Kelly walked both batters but was able to induce a groundout from Eric Hosmer to end the game. It was the right-hander's first outing of the postseason and his first game action since Sept. 26, but he was able to get the job done against San Diego's best bats.

Morejon will start Game 3 of the NLDS against the Dodgers on Thursday, Bob Scanlan of FOX Sports San Diego reports.

The 21-year-old will take the mound with the Padres' season potentially on the line. Morejon won't operate as a traditional starter as his highest pitch count this season was 41 pitches, but he should be able to cover a few innings if he's effective. The left-hander has provided three scoreless frames in the playoffs and had a 4.66 ERA, 1.24 WHIP and 25:4 K:BB over 19.1 innings during the regular season.

Hendriks was credited with the victory in the Athletics' ALDS Game 3 win over the Astros on Wednesday, allowing one hit and recording four strikeouts over three scoreless innings.

Hendriks earned the win and threw 26 of his 33 pitches for strikes. The 31-year-old recorded 14 saves during the regular season while posting an impressive 1.78 ERA and 0.67 WHIP. His impressive performance could not have come at a better time for an Oakland team that was trying to save off elimination.

Melancon came in to close the game out the ninth inning, recording one scoreless inning of work while striking out one in Wednesday's win over the Marlins in Game 2 of the NLDS.

Melancon earned his first save of the postseason and threw eight of his 13 pitches for strikes. The 35-year-old recorded 11 saves during the regular season and will continue to get the ball in save situations.

Weathers came in to replace Pierce Johnson in the third inning, recording 1.1 scoreless innings of work while walking two in Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers in Game 1 of the NLDS.

Weathers made his MLB debut Tuesday and threw 16 of his 30 pitches for strikes. The 20-year-old showed why he was the seventh pick in the 2018 draft and some of his command issues could be attributed to nerves seeing as it was the rookie's first appearance on the big stage.

Fairbanks closed out the ninth, allowing one run and one hit while striking out two in his effort to record the save in Tuesday's win over the Yankees in Game 2 of the ALDS.

Fairbanks threw 14 of his 25 pitches for strikes to close out the game and record his second save of the postseason. With two outs and runners at the corners, Fairbanks was able to force Aaron Judge to ground out to third base to end the game.

Garcia recorded one inning of work while allowing one hit and one run in Tuesday's loss to the Rays in Game 2 of the ALDS.

Garcia opened for the first inning and was pulled from the game by Yankees manager Aaron Boone. The 21-year-old was the youngest starter in Yankees postseason history as he threw 16 strikes of his 27 pitches. Due to the shortened start, it is plausible that Garcia makes another appearance in this series.

Manaea took the loss in Game 2 of the ALDS against the Astros after allowing four runs on five hits with two strikeouts and one walk over 4.1 innings.

The left-hander allowed three runs over the third and fourth innings and exited after surrendering a solo homer to Martin Maldonado during the fifth. Manaea will need to hope the A's can overcome a 2-0 series deficit to have a chance to pitch again during this series.

Weathers' contract was selected by the Padres on Tuesday, and he'll be part of the team's roster for the NLDS against the Dodgers.

Weathers is just 20 years old and hasn't pitched above High-A. The seventh overall pick in the 2018 draft looked quite good in 22 starts for High-A Fort Wayne last season, striking out 22.8 percent of opposing batters while walking just 4.6 percent en route to a 3.84 ERA and 3.17 FIP. He also saw a significant velocity jump at the Padres' alternate training site this summer and now sits in the mid-90s after sitting in the low-90s last season. Those factors make it seem like he'll have a chance to hold his own should he get an opportunity during the NL Division Series, though it's still quite a jump and quite a high-pressure situation for someone so inexperienced.

Lamet (biceps) did not make the Padres' NLDS roster.

While the Padres did get Mike Clevinger (biceps/elbow) back for the series, they're still without one of their best arms in Lamet. The news isn't a big surprise, as reports on his health have been rather pessimistic in recent days. It's still possible he's able to return for future playoff rounds should the Padres manage to upset their division rivals.