Padres shortstop Ha-Seong Kim to have season-ending surgery on his ailing shoulder

PHOENIX (AP) — Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim will have season-ending surgery on his ailing right shoulder, leaving the San Diego Padres without one of their best infielders heading into the postseason. Kim initially suffered the injury on Aug. 18 in a game against the Colorado Rockies and...

Padres hit 3 HRs in the 9th inning for a 5-0 win over the D-backs, who lose ground in playoff race

PHOENIX (AP) — Kyle Higashioka, Brandon Lockridge and Donovan Solano homered in the ninth inning, lifting the San Diego Padres to a 5-0 win on Saturday night over the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks, who continued to lose ground in the National League playoff race. The Diamondbacks...

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...

Shohei Ohtani heads to 1st postseason after Dodgers clinch NL West title with a 7-2 win over Padres

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is headed to the postseason for the first time in his career after the Los Angeles Dodgers won the NL West on Thursday night by scoring five runs in the seventh inning in a 7-2 win over the second-place San Diego Padres. The Japanese superstar spent...

Dodgers rally with 5 runs in 7th and beat Padres 7-2 to clinch 11th NL West title in 12 years

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Will Smith hit a tying, two-run homer and the Los Angeles Dodgers scored three more runs in the seventh to beat the San Diego Padres 7-2 on Thursday night and clinch the NL West title. The rally was dampened by an apparent injury to All-Star slugger Freddie...

The Los Angeles Dodgers clinch NL West title with a 7-2 win over the San Diego Padres

Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up. Pitch clocks. Defensive shift...

Shorter games, more running, more action. Two years in, MLB's rule changes have provided a jolt

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Two years ago, it looked as if Major League Baseball was having an existential crisis. To many inside the game, it certainly felt like one as a sport built on its timelessness careened toward a future hellbent on speeding things up. Pitch clocks. Defensive shift...

Dodgers edge second-place Padres 4-3, can clinch NL West with win in series finale

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Shohei Ohtani singled in the go-ahead run before stealing his 56th base of the season in the sixth inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Wednesday night to move within a victory of clinching the NL West. The Dodgers increased...

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...