Good morning,

Remember how well Tuesday went for the Padres?

Yesterday was the opposite of that.

The Cubs halted their losing streak. The Dodgers did too.

The Padres’ winning streak ended after four games, and that wasn’t their worst loss of the day.

My game story ( here ) from the 3-1 defeat at the hands of the Brewers focused on a season-ending (and probably postseason-ending) injury to Ramón Laureano.

We will talk more about that. It needs to be looked at in-depth.

First, let’s get this out of the way:

The Padres’ hopes of earning a home playoff series, which had risen as they worked to within 1½ games of both the Cubs and Dodgers, sank precipitously yesterday.

The Cubs’ magic number to clinch the No.4 seed is two.

They will finish their series against the Mets today and pla

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