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Campusano, Choi lead rally for the Padres, who beat the Rockies 3-2 for their 7th straight win
SAN DIEGO (AP) — It's the $250 million question: Why has it taken until Sept. 20 for the high-priced San Diego Padres to start playing like everyone thought they would have all season? The Padres extended their season-best winning streak to seven games by beating the last-place...
Snell pitches 7 hitless innings and Ks 10 as the Padres top the Rockies 2-0 on Bogaerts' homer
SAN DIEGO (AP) — If this was Blake Snell's final start for the San Diego Padres at Petco Park, it sure was a memorable one. The NL Cy Young Award contender lowered his big league-leading ERA to 2.33 and struck out 10 in seven brilliant innings for the Padres, who took a combined...
Campusano's go-ahead 3-run homer helps the Padres beat the Rockies 11-9
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The San Diego Padres' longest winning streak of the season is likely way too little, way too late to save a massively disappointing season. Luis Campusano hit a go-ahead three-run home run and Garrett Cooper and Eugy Rosario also connected for the Padres, who beat...
Soto's 2 homers lead Padres to 1st 4-game winning streak and 10-1 win over Athletics
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Juan Soto homered twice, including his first career grand slam, and the San Diego Padres won their fourth straight game for the first time this season, beating the Oakland Athletics 10-1 on Sunday to sweep the series. The Padres had been the only team in the...
Juan Soto drives in pair of runs as Padres give Bob Melvin series win against former Oakland club
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Now that San Diego has a series victory against Bob Melvin's old Oakland club, the manager hopes his Padres can finally pull off their first four-game winning streak of the season. They're the only team in baseball without one in 2023. “It...
Fernando Tatis Jr. homers, drives in 3 runs as Padres beat A's 8-3 in Bob Melvin's return
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The celebratory San Diego Padres pushed José Azocar through the clubhouse in a laundry cart while squirting honey in his curly hair after he finally hit his first home run. Manager Bob Melvin took it in far differently in the quiet of his office, relieved...
Manager Bob Melvin returns to Oakland now guiding the San Diego Padres
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Bob Melvin showed up at the Oakland Coliseum before 11 a.m. Friday ahead of a night game and began his old routine of running the Coliseum bleachers — taking 21 minutes to complete the lower bowl stairs just as he has done for years. Yet this time, the...
Padres' Snell overpowers Dodgers in 6-1 victory for Friars' first series win against LA since 2021
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres' postseason hopes faded long ago. Blake Snell's bid to become the seventh player to win the Cy Young Award in both leagues is alive and well. Snell scattered one hit over six scoreless innings, Juan Soto and Luis Campusano homered and San...
Juan Soto hits a 3-run homer in the ninth, and Padres rally to stun weary Dodgers 11-8
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Juan Soto hit a tiebreaking three-run homer in the ninth inning, and the San Diego Padres rallied from an early five-run deficit for an 11-8 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Monday night. Manny Machado homered twice for the Padres, who beat their...
Snell has another strong start, Grisham drives in 4 as Padres cool off red-hot Astros with 11-2 win
HOUSTON (AP) — After their scorching series at Texas this week, it was hard to imagine what could slow down the Houston Astros. The answer: Blake Snell. Snell pitched six strong innings and Trent Grisham had a homer and four RBIs as the San Diego Padres cooled off...
