PITTSBURGH — Does anyone want to win the National League West ?

Because this week, it sure doesn’t look like it.

What was advertised as a supposed late-season sprint between the first-place Dodgers and second-place San Diego Padres has instead looked more like an army crawl through the mud. Neither team has been able to win games, even against last-place opponents. Neither has capitalized on the other’s mistakes, engaged in what has become a race to the bottom to see who can struggle more.

For the Dodgers , this should have been the moment to pull away in the division. Already up two games at the start of this week, they watched from afar as the injury-ravaged Padres were stunningly swept by the Baltimore Orioles in San Diego, running the Padres’ recent losing streak to four games

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