Joe Musgrove 'tired' of hearing about Padres' woes vs. Dodgers - ESPN

LOS ANGELES — Nothing will ever take away from the San Diego Padres' inspired triumph last October, but the Los Angeles Dodgers' dominance over them — during the regular season, at least — continues.

Saturday's 4-2 defeat at Dodger Stadium marked the 11th consecutive time the Padres have lost a regular-season series to the Dodgers, dating to the 2021 season. The Padres went 5-14 against the Dodgers last season before defeating Los Angeles in four games during the National League Division Series.

Despite signing Xander Bogaerts for a 2023 season that would also feature the return of Fernando Tatis Jr., the Padres have lost four of their first five games this season against their bitter division rivals.

Joe Musgrove, the losing pitcher Saturday for San Diego, is «tired of hearing that s---.»

«I think we, as a group in here, got to stop talking about these guys like they're that unbeatable force,» Musgrove said. «We beat these guys in the playoffs, we beat them in big situations. We're just not playing very well right now.»

The Padres, who have Major League Baseball's third-highest payroll, enter Sunday's series finale six games behind the first-place Dodgers in the NL West with a 19-21 record this season and a minus-6 run differential.

«We feel like we have a better team than them,» Musgrove said. «We're just not playing to our capabilities right now on both sides of the ball.

»We're giving up timely hits to their hitters, we're not getting the timely hits on our side. Baseball's not that difficult of a sport. We know what needs to be done — we're just not doing what we need to do."

The biggest culprit has been San Diego's highly touted offense, which ranked 18th in the majors in OPS and 25th in runs per game as of Sunday