Padres could be without top hurler for NLDS

Not all was well in southern California after the San Diego Padres swept the Atlanta Braves out of the Major League Baseball playoffs Wednesday night.

As the Padres advance to a much-anticipated National League Division Series matchup against the Los Angeles Dodgers, San Diego faces the possibility of facing their hated rival without the services of Joe Musgrove.

Musgrove, who was held to 19 starts during the regular season due to inflammation and tendonitis related to a bone spur in his right throwing elbow, abruptly left in the fourth inning of Wednesday's game with what was termed "elbow tightness."

After the final out of the Padres' Wild-Card series-clinching 5-4 defeat of the Braves,…