The pot finally boiled over, as the Padres and Dodgers finished their four-game series and the Padres completed a gauntlet with a 5-3 victory over the Dodgers. It ended with a brouhaha and a scare. The game seemed all but decided when the tension between the teams that had lingered through most of the four games here reached a zenith in the ninth inning.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and the federal government are at odds over what happened on Thursday when federal agents were on or near Dodger Stadium grounds. Reports began to circulate that federal agents were present at the stadium outside downtown Los Angeles,