SEATTLE -- The Padres don’t win this game a month ago.

It’s now been nearly four weeks since general manager A.J. Preller went on his trade spree , making five deals involving 22 players in the hours leading up to the July 31 Trade Deadline. What a difference those moves are making in San Diego.

On Tuesday night, the Padres won a nervy, back-and-forth game at T-Mobile Park, 7-6 . They got a grand slam and a double from the red-hot Ramón Laureano . They got two hits from Ryan O'Hearn . They got a hit, a walk and an RBI squeeze bunt from Freddy Fermin . And they called on Mason Miller for the top of the Mariners lineup in a scoreless seventh inning.

A month ago, none of those four were Padres.

Tuesday was the latest example of their impact. The Padres’ lineup has been much, m

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