 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waGumiguru 10, 2009, Padilla ndiye akatanga uye akakunda muhomwe mumutambo wechitatu weNational League Division Series vachipesana neSt. Louis Cardinals, vachikanda innings nomwe dzebhora rakadzimwa. Akakandawo zvakanaka muMutambo 2 weNLCSkurwisa Philadelphia Phillies, achishanda 7.1 innings uye achibvumira run imwe chete mumutambo uyo Dodgers pakupedzisira yakakunda. Zvisinei, akatora kurasikirwa, achibvumira 6 akawana anotamba mu 3 innings yebasa, mune kusarudza Game 5, kubvumira Philadelphia Phillies kuti afambire mberi kuWorld Series kwegore rechipiri rakatevera. 