LOS ANGELES -- With their season on the line on Sunday night, the entirety of the Padres roster found itself huddled in the visiting dugout at Dodger Stadium prior to the eighth inning. Manny Machado had called an impromptu team meeting.

The previous couple innings had been ... eventful.

Fernando Tatis Jr. was plunked by a Jack Flaherty fastball, sparking a shouting match between Machado and Flaherty in the bottom of the sixth. An inning later, play was stopped for about 10 minutes, after fans in the left-field seats had thrown objects in the direction of Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar.

When play resumed, and the Padres had returned to their dugout, Machado called the group together. This game was too important -- the Padres had come too far to get here -- for any of that to get in the way of their objective.

"Just to stay focused. Stay focused," said Tatis about what Machado shared. "The only way that they’re going to beat us is if we lose control of ourselves, if we get beat by our emotions. Just take control of business the way we did and just control what we can.”

So the Padres took the field for the eighth, and they went back to doing what they’d done all night -- all season, really. They came out swinging.

San Diego poured it on for a 10-2 victory in Game 2 of the National League Division Series on Sunday night, tying a single-game MLB postseason record with six home runs, including two from Tatis.

"[This shows] just how resilient we are, what a special group that we have," said Tatis. "A lot of emotions. A lot of emotions. But the best part is that we controlled those emotions and we took care of business the way we did today. Man, if we keep showing up like this, there’s no limit for us.”

Jackson Merrill, Xander Bogaerts, David Peralta and Kyle Higashioka also went deep, setting a Padres franchise record for homers in a postseason game. Yu Darvish, meanwhile, had held the vaunted Dodgers offense in check over the first seven -- allowing only one run, while getting some help from the outstanding defense behind him.

In the end, the Padres got what they came for: a split in L.A.

“I can’t wait to be back home in front of our fans," said Tatis. "I know it’s going to be a great game all the way around. The Dodgers, they’re just not going to sit down and watch us go with our business, so same energy, same attitude. Show up and just win a ballgame.”