San Diego will have a chance to close the gap and go for a sweep of their own when the Dodgers visit Petco Park this weekend. It also marks the final regular-season meeting between the two teams in 2025, unless they clash again in the postseason as they did last year.

With their three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres, the Dodgers proved they are deeper and more focused than their budding NL West rivals.

The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Yu Darvish gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Padres were left clawing back and did so, tying the game up at four in the eighth inning. However, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts then hit a go-ahead home run that clinched the series.