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The Dodgers have been getting slowly healthier while the Padres have been getting a bit more injured. Down King and perhaps Merrill, and taking the bad side of every starter matchup, the Padres will be hard-pressed to take the early leads they need to make their model work. Still, any game that gets to the sixth inning tied or in their favor is one they’re likely to win. They just need two like that to head into the last five weeks of the season tied for first.
