The Padres beat the Guardians 7-5 on August 14, keeping their winning streak alive and adding more cushion on the BaseChaser board.
Xander Bogaerts homered and drove in 3 runs. Luis Campusano added two doubles and 3 RBI, while Fernando Tatis Jr. also homered as San Diego kept pressure on Cleveland all night.
Michael King gave the Padres 6 innings, allowing 3 earned runs, and San Diego held on from there.
What It Means
The Padres improve to 66-57. The Guardians fall to 59-64.
BaseChaser has San Diego at 72.2% to make the playoffs. Cleveland is down at 18.3%.
San Diego has won six straight, and the cushion keeps getting stronger.
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