Padres fall 5 games below wild card spot

Quinn Harris-USA TODAY Sports On July 20th, the Padres played the second of three games against the Chicago cubs. After dropping today’s game, the Padres are now 1-7, since coming out of the All-Star break. Their surge that closed out the first half of the season had San Diego in the wildcard conversation, but with their recent struggles, they have fallen to 5 games back from a wildcard spot and are now last in the National League West.

Although San Diego has been struggling to come away with a win lately, they have been battling until the very last inning. Each of the last four games have been decided by one run. Today Joey Lucchesi got the start and the Cubs jumped all over him early.…