Padres face Cardinals with hopes of making playoff run

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The San Diego Padres will try to revive their fading playoff hopes when they visit the reeling St. Louis Cardinals this week.

The Padres suffered a three-game sweep at the Milwaukee Brewers over the weekend to drop to nine games under .500 and eight games out of the final wild-card spot in the National League.

"There's 30 games left," Padres manager Bob Melvin said after his t