As the baseball world raged around him Sunday at Dodger Stadium, baseballs flying at Jurickson Profar in left field, beer cans at Fernando Tatis Jr. in right, the man squarely in the middle of the mayhem looked anything but a portrait of tension and stress.

The Padres attacked Dodgers starter Jack Flaherty early, jumping to a three-run lead before the Boys in Blue could get a run across the plate.