In Sunday's setback, the Dodgers jumped out to a quick 4-0 through one inning before holding off the Padres, 5-4. Los Angeles scored seven runs in the first inning in the last two games to make a huge statement to its division rivals.

With two outs in the bottom of the sixth, Dominic Smith muscled a broken-bat single to left field. Heliot Ramos, celebrating his bobblehead day, scored easily. Rafael Devers followed behind Ramos and crossed home plate. It would’ve been fair to assume that Adames would stop at third. Then, he spotted his window.

LOS ANGELES — Jackson Merrill walked gingerly through the clubhouse Sunday afternoon, clearing favoring the left ankle that he rolled on Friday night. He wrapped it and played on it Saturday and got through two at-bats Sunday — two strikeouts — before the coaching staff pulled the plug on their 22-year-old center fielder.

Jackson Merrill slugged his ninth home run of the season in the eighth inning to put the finishing touches on the Giants (59-61) defeat. San Diego improved to 68-52 and pulled into a tie with the Dodgers for first place in the NL West.

Nick Pivetta allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Ramón Laureano had three of the Padres’ 14 hits as San Diego completed a three-game sweep of the San Francisco Giants with an 11-1 rout.

The San Diego Padres' sweep of the San Francisco Giants cemented a losing streak for the Giants not seen since 1940.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Heliot Ramos was the subject of ridicule on Wednesday afternoon as he made a bizarre throw in the outfield.

It didn’t just summarize this three-game series, one where the Giants (59-62) were swept by the Padres and lost their 13th home game in their last 14 tries — the first time that’s happened since the team moved to San Francisco.

BOTTOM LINE: The San Francisco Giants host the San Diego Padres on Monday to open a three-game series. San Francisco is 59-59 overall and 29-28 at home. The Giants have a 33-18 record in games when they did not give up a home run.