SAN DIEGO — The San Diego Padres ’ bullpen is considered one of the best in baseball. Their lineup, revamped by a couple of key trade deadline acquisitions, at least rivals the recently inconsistent version the Dodgers have gotten out of theirs.

But this weekend, with first place on the line in the teams’ final meeting this season, the Dodgers were supposed to have one distinct advantage.

Their starting rotation was healthy, fresh and lined up to throw three of its best arms at Petco Park.

The Padres, on the other hand, were banged up and starting three veterans with a collective earned-run average north of 5.00.

Yeah ... so much for all that.

For the second-straight night on Saturday, in San Diego’s 5-1 win , a Padres starter unexpectedly dominated the Dodgers, while a Dodgers

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