LOS ANGELES -- If there was a moving van that followed the Padres' bus down Interstate 5 and back to San Diego on Sunday evening, it was there to carry a weekend full of moral victories.
Actual victories proved harder to come by as the Padres were swept by the Dodgers following Sunday's 7-3 defeat at Dodger Stadium. It was the ninth time this season the Padres have been swept in a series. But some genuine progress surfaced in a series that was otherwise filled with bad luck and poor timing.
The Padres have talked about the process during their rebuilding stage, and even as they fell to a season-high 33 games under .