The Padres went 3-2 over this stretch, splitting a two-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks before taking the series against the Toronto Blue Jays.
The D-backs took the opener 10-4 in the Padres' favor, wait, let me lay it out straight. San Diego beat Arizona 10-4 on Wednesday, July 8, then dropped the second game 1-3 on Thursday, July 9. That series ended split. Then the Blue Jays came in for three games. The Padres lost the first one 3-5 on Friday, July 10, but bounced back to win 8-7 on Saturday, July 11, and 5-4 on Sunday, July 12. That series went to San Diego, two games to one.
That stretch leaves the Padres at 48-48 on the season, still third in the National League West, but the gap closed a little. They were 14 games back on July 7 and now sit 12.5 back. Part of that is the Dodgers stumbling, they went 1-3 in their own games this stretch while the Padres were picking up wins. In the wild card race, San Diego moved up to 7th place, 3.5 games back, down from 4.5.
San Diego is on a two-game winning streak right now, and over the last ten games overall they're an even 5-5. The run differential ticked up too, from minus-47 to minus-43.
There is no baseball to report the last couple of days. The league paused for the All-Star Game on Tuesday, July 14, so the Padres last played Sunday, July 12. They will not play again until Friday, July 17, when they open a three-game series against the Kansas City Royals on the road at Kauffman Stadium. First pitch that Friday is at 5:10 PM.