Tuesday night was about who played and who did not for the Padres.

And then there were the results.

The Padres beat the Brewers 7-0 at Petco Park while the Cubs lost, which may prove to have been a step toward the two teams playing in San Diego next week.

On the night shortstop Xander Bogaerts returned after missing 23 games with a fracture in his left foot, the Padres were powered by Ryan O’Hearn’s first-inning grand slam, a two-run homer by Luis Arraez in the second inning and Jose Iglesias’ solo homer in the eighth.

Bogaerts went 0-for-4 and made a number of plays in the field playing behind Randy Vásquez, who allowed one hit while making it through seven scoreless innings for the first time in his career.

Before that, a loss by the Reds assured the Padres would finish no worse tha

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