Stop.

The Padres are not tied with the Dodgers atop the NL West.

Not really, not with a 9-4 series win gifting the Dodgers the tiebreaker should the two teams still have identical records as they do after LA’s 8-2 win on Sunday.

Both teams are 74-57 with 31 games left.

Yes, the Padres missed an opportunity to fully control their own destiny when they lost a grip on a 2-1 lead on Sunday, but the position they’re in now is still as good as it’s been in quite some time.

“Exactly where we want to be,” the Padres’ Gavin Sheets said. “It’s a clean slate right now.”

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After injury limited him to 73 games last year, Christian Yelich leads the revitalized Brewers with 26 homers, the first time he’s hit more than 19 since 2019, when he hit 44 and

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