The stakes are high as the San Diego Padres take on the Los Angeles Dodgers in a pivotal divisional clash. Earlier this week, the Padres overtook the Dodgers for first place in the NL West. LA hasn’t been out of first place this late in a season since 2021. And, more astoundingly, it’s the latest in a season San Diego has led the division since 2010.

Needless to say, there’s a lot on the line in the series opener between the NL West rivals. Players are digging deep and leaving it all out on the field. And Padres catcher Freddy Fermin embodied that mentality while pursuing a foul pop-up in the second inning.

With two out in the bottom of the second, Dodgers center fielder Andy Pages got under a Randy Vasquez sweeper and popped up into foul territory. Knowing that every out matters i

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