It's still early in the shortened baseball season, but the San Diego Padres might feel some urgency on Wednesday heading into the rubber game of a three-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.
A win would not only give the Padres a morale-boosting series victory over the perennial National League West champions, but it also would give San Diego the same record as the Dodgers with the clubs set to play four times in Los Angeles next week.
The Padres were 4-6 at Dodger Stadium last season.
Wednesday's game is a showdown of right-handers with Garrett Richards (0-0, 3.