Blake Snell made significant progress on Tuesday by throwing a bullpen session before the Los Angeles Dodgers’ game against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell takes a big step in his recovery, as he tries to work his way back from shoulder inflammation

The Los Angeles Dodgers got encouraging injury updates on star pitchers Blake Snell and Tyler Glasnow ahead of their series against the San Diego Padres.

Not wanting to further tax their overworked bullpen, the Dodgers bring Kiké Hernández in to pitch the final 2 1/3 innings of blowout loss to Padres.

The Dodgers' utility man wrote his name in the record book during mop up duty in an ugly loss to the Padres Tuesday.

Given the way that the Dodgers handled Tuesday night's blowout loss, it was pretty clear that they felt their best shot of taking two of three from the Padres would come on Wednesday afternoon.

Padres fans might not have liked what they saw from the team over the winter, but the team is proving resilient so far in its battle with the Dodgers atop the division.