This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/dodgers as Padres All-Star Heaps Praise on Dodgers' Will Smith. San Diego Padres shortstop Xander Bogaerts commended Will Smith for his play behind the plate on Saturday, as he threw out three Padres baserunners in the first two innings of the game.

They leaned on him as they toppled the Los Angeles Dodgers in their most significant postseason series in decades. They got him at his best. His three years there included his second Cy Young campaign before he left to tour with their California-based division mates.