Say, have the San Diego Padres finally stabilized?
Maybe, maybe not. But at least they have slowed their free fall with back-to-back victories over the unspeakably bad Arizona Diamondbacks. They have won three of their last four games after losing 12 of their previous 14.
They pulled even with the Cincinnati Reds for the National League’s second wild card slot, 2½ games ahead of the Cardinals.
First they got an encouraging start from pitcher Chris Paddack as he came off the injured list, then they got seven no-hit innings from Blake Snell Tuesday night in their 3-0 victory.