With 42 games to go, the National League West is entirely up for grabs. In the moments after the Padres’ 5-1 victory over the Giants at Oracle Park, the Angels walked off the Dodgers in Anaheim, leaving San Diego and L.

The San Diego Padres have made a bold statement in the National League by taking the lead in the NL West, leaving the Los Angeles Dodgers behind.

On the day of the trade deadline, he filled the team’s holes in left field (Ramón Laureano) and behind the plate (Freddy Fermin), added an extra bat (Ryan O’Hearn) and two starting pitchers (Nestor Cortes and JP Sears) and deepened what was by some measures already MLB’s best bullpen by adding an extra closer (Mason Miller).

After letting a nine-game NL West lead disappear, the Dodgers will play the first-place Padres six times in the next 10 days beginning Friday night at Dodger Stadium.

The Padres have stormed into first place in the division, just ahead of the start of a highly anticipated three-game series in Los Angeles.