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Padres secure home Wild Card Series with 5-3 win over Diamondbacks, who slide in NL playoff race
PHOENIX (AP) — Luis Arraez hit two doubles and a triple, Yu Darvish pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the San Diego Padres used a four-run first to beat the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Friday night. The Padres — who had already clinched a postseason berth earlier this week...
Padres turn triple play to clinch playoff spot with 4-2 win over Dodgers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Manny Machado and the San Diego Padres wrote their own Hollywood ending on the home field of their biggest rivals Tuesday night. San Diego stunned the Los Angeles Dodgers with a game-ending triple play to preserve a 4-2 victory over the NL West leaders that...
Cease pitches into the 9th and Machado hits 2 of Padres' 4 homers in a 4-0 win vs Astros
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dylan Cease pitched brilliantly into the ninth inning and Manny Machado, Fernando Tatis Jr. and Donovan Solano hit consecutive homers in the eighth for the San Diego Padres, who beat the AL West-leading Houston Astros 4-0 on Wednesday. Machado homered twice for...
Darvish throws 6 strong innings, Merrill and Profar homer as the Padres beat the Astros 3-1
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Yu Darvish had his best outing since being sidelined for more than three months, and rookie Jackson Merrill and Jurickson Profar homered as the San Diego Padres beat the Houston Astros 3-1 on Monday night. The Padres took a 2 1/2-game lead over Arizona for the top...
Padres beat Giants 4-3 in 10 innings for sweep, overcoming first righty Splash Homer by Ramos
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — David Peralta hit a tiebreaking single in the 10th inning, and the San Diego Padres overcame Heliot Ramos becoming the first right-handed batter to homer into McCovey Cove with a 4-3 win over the San Francisco Giants on Sunday that finished a three-game sweep. ...
Tatís homers, Cease strikes out 10 as Padres blank Giants 5-0
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Fernando Tatís Jr. hit a two-run homer, Dylan Cease struck out 10 in six shutout innings and the San Diego Padres beat the San Francisco Giants 5-0 on Friday night. The Padres are a half-game ahead of the Diamondbacks atop the National League wild card...
Manny Machado homers twice vs the Giants to tie Nate Colbert atop the Padres' career list with 163
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Manny Machado homered twice to tie Nate Colbert for San Diego's career record with 163 and lead the Padres to a 5-1 win against the San Francisco Giants on Friday night. Machado had a solo shot in the first and then matched Colbert's record, which stood for 50...
Musgrove throws 6 strong innings, Tatis goes hitless in his return as Padres beat Tigers 3-0
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Joe Musgrove pitched six strong innings and Fernando Tatis Jr. went 0 for 4 in his first game back since June 21 as the San Diego Padres beat the Detroit Tigers 3-0 on Monday. Luis Arraez had two RBI singles for the Padres, who edged ahead of Arizona and into the...
Bogaerts and Merrill help the Padres edge the Rays 4-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Xander Bogaerts hit a go-ahead sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres beat the Tampa Bay Rays 4-3 on Sunday after squandering a three-run lead. “We don’t like to give up leads,” Padres manager Mike Shildt said. "It’s not very...
Caminero and Caballero fuel Rays' offense in 11-4 win over Padres
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Touted rookie Junior Caminero hit a three-run homer, José Caballero had four RBIs and the Tampa Bay Rays beat the San Diego Padres 11-4 on Saturday. Caminero went deep against Randy Vásquez (4-7) in a four-run second inning to help Tampa Bay take a 5-2...
