Padres Drop a Stunner in Denver as the Wild-Card Race Tightens
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An eight-game winning streak ended Tuesday night in Denver. The San Diego Padres lost 9-3 to the Colorado Rockies, a team that entered the game at 56 wins and 95 losses. Colorado's Cole Carrigg went four-for-five with two home runs; Troy Johnston added three hits and two RBIs. San Diego managed eleven hits but left runners stranded while Colorado accumulated sixteen hits of their own.
The Padres fell to 82 and 69 on the season. They entered Tuesday's game holding a two-and-a-half-game lead over Arizona for the National League's third and final wild-card spot. One loss does not erase a winning streak or eliminate a lead, but a nine-run defeat at the hands of a 56-win team is the kind of result that gets filed as a cautionary moment if the race tightens in the final weeks.
On the weather front, the sources consulted for Wednesday's broadcast did not return a verified National Weather Service forecast for San Diego County. Listeners are directed to the NWS San Diego office at weather.gov, particularly given mid-September's potential for Santa Ana wind events, elevated fire-risk days, and marine-layer variability. Community events this week include a free outdoor Guardians of the Galaxy screening Thursday evening at Carnitas' Snack Shack at the Embarcadero, 1004 North Harbor Drive, starting at 6 p.m. Saturday brings the Firefighters Association and Santee Fire Department's annual Pancake Breakfast from 7 to 10:30 a.m. at Fire Station 5, 9130 Carlton Oaks Drive, followed by an outdoor screening of A Minecraft Movie from 5 to 9 p.m. at Town Center Community Park East. Santee's Fall Community Cleanup and Shred Event runs September 26th from 8 a.m. to noon at City Hall, 10601 Magnolia Avenue.