11+ hour, 13+ min ago   (821+ words) SAN FRANCISCO — Wheee! And Whew! The Padres won their seventh consecutive game on Sunday, jumping to their biggest lead in the playoff race since May. Their 6-4 victory over the Giants, which moved the Padres 2½ games ahead of the Diamondbacks in…...

18+ hour, 1+ min ago   (455+ words) Nick Pivetta won’t have to deal with Rafael Devers in his second start off the injured list. The Giants placed their white-hot slugger on the 60-day injured list with a core muscle injury before Sunday’s 4:20 p.m. first pitch (Peacock…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (722+ words) The Padres stayed hot. On an oppressively muggy afternoon — the hottest game day ever at Petco Park — they beat the Nationals 9-2 on Wednesday to finish off a stay at home that they needed to be every bit as sizzling as…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (508+ words) Nick Pivetta came back after nearly five months and pitched like it was a year ago. The right-hander with a tenuous right elbow worked five scoreless innings on Monday, and the Padres held on for a 3-2 victory over the Nationals....

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (743+ words) Michael King got the hugs out of the way on Friday and Saturday. The only familiar hitter in the Yankees’ lineup was Austin Wells and King got the courtesy head nod out of the way while warming up in center…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (485+ words) A fly ball by Fernando Tatis Jr. just beyond the wall in right field. A line drive by Jake Cronenworth off the painted yellow line on the corner of the Western Metal building. A low liner rocketed off Manny Machado’s…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (949+ words) Luis Campusano arguably saved the game multiple times before he won it. “He’s player of the game,” Walker Buehler said. Without any doubt. Rare is the night, in fact, in which one player affects so much. On a night in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (661+ words) CINCINNATI — The Padres got another grinding quality start from Michael King and a lot of hits from a lot of hitters on Monday night. They just beat the Reds 5-0 to stop a skid at three games and make sure they…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (478+ words) at Great American Ball Park San Diego Padres (72-65, 3rd in NL West) After a weekend sweep at the hands of the Rays, the Padres have slipped out of playoff position. They are a half-game behind the Diamondbacks in the race for…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (989+ words) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The Padres could only shake their heads after that one. It was just so shockingly weird. “We lost,” Manny Machado said. They did, 9-4 to the Rays. But that hardly begins to describe a pitcher’s duel that turned…...