Ryan O'Hearn hit a grand slam, Luis Arraez and Jose Iglesias also homered and the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Milwaukee Brewers 7-0 on Tuesday to gain ground in the playoff race on multiple fronts.

San Diego (87-71) moved within 1 1/2 games of the first-place Dodgers (88-69) in the National League West after Los Angeles fell 5-4 to the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday.

The Padres are also within 1 1/2 games of the Cubs (88-69) in the chase for the top NL wild card and home-field advantage in a potential first-round playoff series between the teams. Chicago was a 9-7 loser to the New York Mets on Tuesday.

O'Hearn gave the Padres all the offense they needed when he turned on a hanging splitter from Bruce Zimmermann (0-1) in the bottom of the first. He lined it an estimated 366 fe

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