SAN DIEGO -- When the San Diego Padres depart Petco Park Sunday after a 10-game homestand, they will be on the road for a week against the Colorado Rockies and the Los Angeles Dodgers.
The Rockies and Dodgers happen to be the closest challengers to National League West-leading Arizona, which makes the Diamondbacks' series finale against the Padres Sunday afternoon something of a "must win."
Arizona's lead over Colorado was reduced to a half-game Saturday night and the Dodgers are two games back of the Diamondbacks. Arizona blew leads of 3-0 and 5-3 and lost on walk-off fashion in the bottom of the ninth when Christian Villanueva hit a pinch hit single.