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The San Diego Padres are in a bit of a skid after dropping their fourth straight game. After being swept by the Los Angeles Dodgers and dropping out of the fir

Nestor Cortes gave up three homers in the first inning while pitching for the Padres on Aug. 18, and ... that sounds familiar.

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While not shirking his share of responsibility, Tatis clung to the positives after Sunday's loss in Los Angeles.

The left-hander was demoted Aug. 8 after surrendering five earned runs over five innings during his debut with the Padres, and he'll return to the big leagues for another look Wednesday. Prior to that poor outing, Sears had a 4.95 ERA, 1.27 WHIP and 97:29 K:BB across 111 innings this year.

Heliot Ramos, Rafael Devers and Wilmer Flores homered off Nestor Cortes in the first inning and the San Francisco Giants beat San Diego 4-3 to hand the Padres their fourth straight loss.

San Diego Padres general manager A.J. Preller has made trades with all but one MLB team during his stint as Padres GM.