Dodgers, Padres battle with different late-season aspirations

The Los Angeles Dodgers and host San Diego Padres, two teams with different priorities in the stretch run, square off on Tuesday to open their final head-to-head series of the regular season.

For the Padres, the goal is clear: Reach the postseason as a wild card.

As it stands right now, they would do just that. San Diego (85-68) currently holds the second of three National League wild-card berths and is three games ahea