For a Padres team that has lost its share of close games in recent weeks, Saturday night might have been the most crushing of them all.

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Dodgers, on a three-game home winning streak, host the San Diego Padres. Los Angeles is 44-29 overall and 26-12 in home games. The Dodgers have a 28-8 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

The San Diego Padres are expected to be aggressive at the trade deadline, a pitcher has a biceps injury, and the Friars lose to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The Padres offense finally figured out how to hit with runners in scoring position, building a 7-3 lead over the Diamondbacks, only to watch Robert Suarez, their All-Star closer, blow it in a head-scratching 8-7 loss that handed Arizona the series win and San Diego a third straight loss.

Lizarraga was removed from a start with Double-A San Antonio on Friday due to an undisclosed issue, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.

In the seventh inning of the Padres’ 8-7 loss to the Diamondbacks on Saturday at Chase Field, San Diego outfielder Jackson Merrill was removed due to an injury on a forceful tag at second base. With Merrill at first,