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Nestor Cortes stifles Dodgers as Padres take over first place

Nestor Cortes stifles Dodgers as Padres take over first place

And Petco Park sure looks ready for October. With a 5-1 victory over the Dodgers on Saturday night, San Diego moved ahead of Los Angeles into the top spot in the division. Sunday’s series finale is the lone remaining regular-season game between the two rivals this season. (Emphasis on “regular season.”) A week ago, the Padres left Dodger Stadium having …

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Padres edge Dodgers, move back into tie atop NL West

Padres edge Dodgers, move back into tie atop NL West

Friday night showed why the Padres were fine with Yu Darvish missing so much of the season. Friday night exemplified the Padres’ style of play. Friday night went better for the Padres than when they played the Dodgers last week in Los Angeles. Friday night left the teams tied atop the National League West after the Padres’ 2-1 victory at …

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Dodgers Provide Crucial Shohei Ohtani Injury Update, Plan For Return

Dodgers Provide Crucial Shohei Ohtani Injury Update, Plan For Return

Dave Roberts isn’t planning to use Shohei Ohtani in Thursday’s game in Denver. That was true, the manager said, before Ohtani was struck on the side of his right leg by a line drive on Wednesday in the fourth inning of the Dodgers’ 8-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies. More news: Dodgers’ Will Smith Won’t Play in 2 Games vs Rockies …

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Mookie Betts meets with Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman after Dodgers’ loss

Mookie Betts meets with Dave Roberts, Andrew Friedman after Dodgers’ loss

DENVER — The half-empty Dodger clubhouse was so quiet you could hear a winning streak snap Monday. But amid the silence there was one conversation that spoke volumes. After a 4-3 walk-off loss to the last-place Colorado Rockies — a loss set up by two poor plays from right fielder Teoscar Hernández — Mookie Betts met with manager Dave Roberts and Andrew …

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Mookie Betts, Dodgers remind everyone who they are with sweep of Padres

Mookie Betts, Dodgers remind everyone who they are with sweep of Padres

LOS ANGELES — Mookie Betts declared his season over. Then it got going. The Los Angeles Dodgers star is mired in the worst season of his career, but released himself from the trappings of expectation. That’s what it took for him to find a swing as free as the one he had on Sunday afternoon, when he unleashed on a …

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Dodgers quash Padres’ comeback to complete sweep

Dodgers quash Padres’ comeback to complete sweep

LOS ANGELES — The reality check ended with a heartbreaker. But not a backbreaker. “We’re still aiming to win the division,” Fernando Tatis Jr. said late Sunday afternoon. “We’re going to face them next week. A lot of baseball left. And with this team, we can do anything.” The Padres on Sunday battled back little by little, got even in …

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