The San Diego Padres scored their biggest win of the season on Saturday, defeating the Los Angeles Dodgers for the second straight game, moving into first place in the National League West with just 32 games remaining.

The win was the fifth straight overall for San Diego, who go for a three-game sweep of their Southern California rivals on Sunday afternoon at Petco Park.

The Padres, who have never won a World Series since joining the NL as an expansion team in 1969, have won the National League West only five times and not at all since 2006 — which was also the last year in which the Padres and Dodgers faced each other in the final six weeks of the season with first place at stake .

But the celebration for the Padres on Saturday was short-lived.

Following the game, the team ann

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