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DENVER — The Padres waited long enough Saturday night to make another Coors Field crash feel almost likely.

DENVER — The Padres said this series was going to be different.

We are three weeks away from the start of the playoffs, with the first game of all four wild-card series scheduled back-to-back-to-back. You can be sure that MLB will market the event as baseball’s version of the first day of March Madness. (Fall Frenzy, anyone?) But regardless of how well…

PHOENIX — Sean Manaea was back and better.

SEATTLE — What is the best way to bounce back from being held scoreless for the first time in 72 games?

Yu Darvish did all he could to make the pittance the Padres' hitters managed stand up.

SAN DIEGO — Suddenly, Petco Park is struggling to hold baseballs.

Jorge Alfaro did it again.

The Padres can take comfort in knowing they still lead the race for the third wild card that Major League Baseball adopted this year, despite their offense stinking up Petco Park once again Monday afternoon in a 5-0 loss to a loose Diamondbacks team.