San Diego will have a chance to close the gap and go for a sweep of their own when the Dodgers visit Petco Park this weekend. It also marks the final regular-season meeting between the two teams in 2025, unless they clash again in the postseason as they did last year.

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It's Thursday, August 21 and the Dodgers (72-55) are in Denver to take on the Rockies (37-90). Clayton Kershaw is slated to take the mound for Los Angeles against Chase Dollander for Colorado. The Rockies earned their second win of the series over the Dodgers,

Jackson Merrill will miss a fourth straight game as Ramón Laureano is again in center field for Thursday’s finale against the San Francisco Giants. First pitch is at 1:10 p.m. on Padres.TV. Merrill rolled his left ankle on Friday at Dodger Stadium,

The San Diego Padres have put together a strong second half that has put the NL West within reach, currently owning a 69–54 record and sitting just one game back of the division lead behind the Los Angeles Dodgers entering Sunday.