Padres place Sheets, Rengifo on 10-day IL

The Padres placed Gavin Sheets and Luis Rengifo on the 10-day injured list as they battled for the final National League wild-card spot, with Samad Taylor activated and Sung-Mun Song recalled from Triple-A El Paso to fill the roster. Sheets, in his second year with San Diego, is hitting .211 with 16 homers and 46 RBIs in 123 games, while Rengifo is in his first season with the Padres, batting .291 with four homers and 17 RBIs in 38 games. Rengifo previously spent seven seasons with the Angels before stints with the Brewers and Padres, and Sheets has a career .232 average with 81 homers across 703 games. Taylor, 28, joined the Padres this season after starting with the Royals and Mariners, hitting .330 with one homer and 11 RBIs in 26 games, and Song, 30, made his big-league debut earlier this year and has hit .202 with one homer and 15 RBIs in 62 games. The roster moves underscore San Diego’s need depth as it aims to secure a postseason berth.