SAN FRANCISCO — The Padres will arrive in Los Angeles in first place.

Their chartered flight will touch down at LAX with them holding a half-game lead over the Dodgers in the National League West.

Depending on how the Dodgers fare against the Angels in Anaheim later Wednesday evening, the Padres will either lead the division by a game or be back tied when a three-game series begins Friday at Dodger Stadium.

An 11-1 rout of the Giants on Wednesday afternoon, which completed a three-game sweep at Oracle Park, assured the Padres of that.

It was Tuesday’s victory that got them even with the Dodgers, who led the division by nine games on July 3.

The start of a 13-game stretch in which the Padres will play only the Giants and Dodgers could not have gone much better.

The goal for the two-we

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