MILWAUKEE (AP) — Mason Miller's emergence as the best closer in the major leagues helped get San Diego into the playoffs. His uncharacteristic troubles in the ninth inning Sunday have the Padres on the brink of elimination. The two-time All-Star closer struggled with control, loading the ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Pinch-hitter Gavin Sheets blasted a two-run homer, five Padres pitchers combined on a five-hitter, and San Diego swept the Chicago Cubs out of the NL Wild Card Series with a 4-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday night. Xander Bogaerts drove in the first run for the surging ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit the first leadoff homer in Padres playoff history on the Cubs’ first pitch, Michael King took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and San Diego rolled to an 8-0 victory over Chicago in their NL Wild Card Series opener on Tuesday night. Manny ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The San Diego Padres are back in the postseason for a franchise-record third consecutive year. Now, they want to win a World Series for the first time, having been there twice only to lose. Manny Machado fielded Mookie Betts' groundout to third base for the final out ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Jackson Merrill doubled, tripled, drove in a run and scored another to help Randy Vásquez reach 10 victories as the San Diego Padres beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-0 on Wednesday to avoid a three-game sweep. The Padres remained in possession of the National League's third ...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Oneil Cruz hit the first homer allowed by Mason Miller in over a year with two outs in the ninth Tuesday night, sending the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres. Cruz improbably lined a low 98-mph pitch from Miller (4-2) into Petco Park's short ...
