14+ hour, 46+ 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…...

21+ hour, 33+ 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, 17+ hour ago   (730+ words) What a deal for the Padres. They charged major-league prices while the visiting team played minor-league defense. The young Washington Nationals defended like the Washington Generals. The Padres maintained a big-league standard. The result was a three-game sweep capped by…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (657+ words) The Padres have a two-hole problem. They have all year, although they solved it for the 11 starts in which Luis Rengifo posted a.908 OPS while batting second against left-handed starters. But he’s awaiting season-ending knee surgery and the hitters they’ve tried…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1892+ words) It will be one to remember if the Padres are playing past Sept. 27. Also, the Nationals’ lost to the Padres as much as the Padres beat the Nationals. The Nationals set a major league record last night by blowing their…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (348+ words) With three catchers on the active roster, Luis Campusano continues to see time at designated hitter to keep his bat in the lineup. The 27-year-old Campusano will start a second straight game at DH on Tuesday (6:40 p.m. on Padres.TV) and…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (1840+ words) What Nick Pivetta did yesterday was the kind of achievement that must be appreciated. Whatever it ends up leading to, however long it lasts, Pivetta coming back to pitch this season is impressive. He did not make it back from…...

6+ day, 15+ hour ago   (603+ words) Nick Pivetta didn’t look like a pitcher who’d been sidelined five months by a bum elbow. Imparting fierce topspin and backspin on Monday, the 33-year-old right-hander shut out a high-powered Washington Nationals offense for five innings to set up a…...

6+ day, 22+ hour ago   (564+ words) To make room for Nick PIvetta to return from the 60-day injured list to start Monday’s game against the Washington Nationals (2:10 p.m. on Padres.TV), right-hander Jhony Brito was optioned to Triple-A El Paso and catcher Blake Hunt was designated…...

1+ week, 18+ 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…...