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“Sweep” isn’t a word the San Diego Padres have heard much around Petco Park this season. They do have one home sweep — a two-game interleague blitz of the Seattle Mariners on April 23-24. But the Padres’ overall home record is 13-14 this season, and they lost three of four at Petco Park last weekend to the Pittsburgh Pirates. However, they go into the Wednesday afternoon finale of a three-game series against Arizona with a chance to sweep the Diamondbacks. The Padres set up those possibilities with back-to-back, one-run wins over Arizona — 2-1 Monday night on Franmil Reyes’ two-run homer and 3-2 Tuesday night on Eric […]