The San Diego Padres host the Seattle Mariners on Monday to open a two-game series between teams trying to continue their push to head into the All-Star break in contention.

The Padres return home after scoring four runs in the top of the ninth Sunday to rally from a 1-0 deficit to pull out a 4-2 win against the Los Angeles Dodgers to salvage the last game of the four-game set after dropping the first three to the National League West Division leaders.

"That was a big win," said Padres manager Bob Melvin, whose team finished the first half with a 47-34 record. "After losing the first three games in the series and trailing 1-0 into the ninth, we got a much-needed boost.