Dodgers Show Padres NL West Still Runs Through L.A.

After a lackluster April to start the season, the Dodgers have rallied off seven straight wins and return home two games back in the National League West after completing a three-game sweep of the first-place San Diego Padres.

In a much anticipated home series with divisional rival Los Angeles, the Friday night fireworks at PETCO Park would be the only explosion Padres fans would see for the rest of the weekend.

Eager to see the Padres' new bats take on the Dodgers for the first time this season, Friars fans instead saw 17 scoreless innings to close the series.

After entering the weekend with a 3.5-game lead, the Padres' margin atop the NL West trimmed down to a half-game over the San Francisco Giants, who come in for a two-game series starting Monday nig...

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