The San Diego Padres and the San Francisco Giants are separated by just one game in the NL West, which makes their upcoming four-game series at Oracle Park a crucial one. The “Dads” won both games of a series down South in April, but with both these teams decidedly better at home this season (20-10 for San Diego, 17-9 for the Giants), the boys in orange and black may have an advantage this week, especially with the Padres somewhat banged up and tired.

Yu Darvish is out with an elbow injury and Michael King, who beat the Giants in April, is out with a pinched nerve in his shoulder. Left fielder/DH Gavin Sheets, who has been carrying the Padres with five home runs and 13 RBI in the last nine game, left Sunday’s game after crashing into the left field wall and hurting his ribs and wrist

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