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SAN DIEGO — The Padres know they have been playing better in most games while falling further behind in the standings.

CINCINNATI — The Padres weren't done.

CINCINNATI — With two hits and two fly ball outs, the Padres tied Friday's game in the ninth inning. It was the kind of manufacturing and kind of late rally they have not produced often this season.

PITTSBURGH — It may have been tough to see through the cloudy haze that enveloped Pittsburgh throughout the day on Wednesday and well into the night. But if you squinted hard enough, peering through the smoke, you saw that productive offense had returned to the North Shore.

It's time to look at the big picture for the flailing, lost Padres. In a 162-game season, offensive slumps routinely amount to micro problems. They come. They go.

What will it take for the Padres to reach the playoffs?

ATLANTA — Six Braves players were on the National League’s All-Star team in 2022. Three of them won’t represent the team this year. Dansby Swanson and William Contreras play elsewhere, and injuries have limited lefty Max Fried to five starts. Yet the Braves still could send six players to MLB’s…

SAN DIEGO — The improved San Diego Padres offense continued to do new things, but could not shake old habits.

A video montage that played on the Petco Park video boards late in games the Padres trailed throughout their first four home stands featured myriad offensive highlights from last season and a compilation of television commentators praising the team's lineup.

A handful of Cubs and Sox and Cubs have been star-level by the numbers. Let’s take a look at them.

WASHINGTON — Rougned Odor is evidently the hero the Padres have been waiting for.