Dylan Cease pitches into the seventh, Fernando Tatis Jr. steals home and Jackson Merrill homers to lead Padres past Guardians

The San Diego Padres might have been the best team in baseball last October. We’ll never know for sure. There was the agonizing, 24-inning scoreless streak that ended their run. There was the quiet winter that ensued. There was the revelation of the family fight that has clouded their future.