Padres Sweep the Braves, Then Brace for the Dodgers
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San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the NL East-leading Atlanta Braves Wednesday night with a 5-2 win at Petco Park in front of 40,183 fans. JP Sears earned his first win of the season in his season debut, pitching five and two-thirds innings and allowing two runs. Ty France went two-for-three, hit his ninth home run of the year leading off the third inning, added a sacrifice fly, and scored on Samad Taylor's two-run single in the sixth. Xander Bogaerts drove in a run in the fifth during a three-stolen-base inning that included Fernando Tatis Jr. stealing third; Jason Adam closed it out in the ninth.
The Padres stand at 42-37 and have now won nine straight home games against Atlanta dating to the 2024 Wild Card Series. The reward for the sweep is a three-game series against the Los Angeles Dodgers — currently 51-29 and leading the NL West — beginning Friday at Petco Park at 6:40 p.m. Game two is Saturday at 5:40, and the series finale is Sunday at 1:10 p.m. Thursday is an off day.