2025 marks the 22nd season of baseball at Petco Park. If there was ever a regular season series played here that meant more than this one, I don't know what it could have been.

The Padres welcomed the Dodgers to start a three-game set, sitting 1.0 game back of L.A. in the National League West and very much still feeling the sting of the previous weekend's sweep at Dodger Stadium. A series win means at least a share of first place. A series loss means they'd need help to win their first division title since 2006.

They'll take the former, thank you very much. The Padres pulled back into a first place tie with a tense 2-1 win in front of 44,864 fans in an atmosphere that felt every bit like a playoff series.

Yu Darvish cruised through the first two innings before leaving a sweeper in the m

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