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2:20 pm EDT Thu Aug 19, 2010

San Diego, which had dropped five in a row at Wrigley prior to this series, has outscored the Cubs 15-6 in the first three games this week and is 25 games above .500 for the first time since its pennant-winning season of 1998. The Padres will now go for their first sweep of any length in Chicago since May 12-14, 2006. The San Diego Padres have never swept a four-game series at Wrigley Field. Mat Latos could help them accomplish that feat. The NL West-leading Padres look to win their season-high fifth straight road game Thursday when the impressive Latos takes the mound against the slumping Chicago Cubs and Carlos Zambrano - making his first start at Wrigley Field in nearly two months.

San Diego has won nine of 10, with its starting pitchers going 9-0 with a 1.58 ERA in that stretch. Latos continues to be the most impressive member of the rotation. The 22-year-old right-hander is 7-1 with a 1.43 ERA while going a franchise-best 11 straight starts allowing two runs or fewer. He struck out a career high-tying nine and yielded one run in six innings of Saturday’s 3-2, 11-inning loss in San Francisco. This will be Latos’ first career start at Wrigley. In a 7-1 home loss to Chicago on Aug. 19, 2009, he lasted 3 2-3 innings, walking four and giving up five runs and seven hits. The Cubs, losers of 17 of 21 overall, give the ball to Zambrano as they try to avoid their seventh straight defeat at Wrigley, which would be the club’s longest such skid since an 0-9 stretch May 31-June 27, 2006.