The San Diego Padres, trailing the first-place Los Angeles Dodgers by 6 1/2 games in the National League West and clinging to one of the league’s three wild-card playoff positions entering play Tuesday, augmented their pitching staff with two deals before Major League Baseball’s annual trade deadline.
The Padres landed left-handed closer Tanner Scott from the Miami Marlins as part of a six-player deal, ESPN reported, and obtained left-handed starter Martin Perez, a former All-Star, from the Pittsburgh Pirates.
