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Padres look to avenge being swept by Phillies last week
The San Diego Padres won't have to wait long for a chance to exact revenge on the Philadelphia Phillies.,After getting swept by the Phillies in San Diego last week, the Padres look to get even in Philadelphia as the teams open a three-game series Tuesday. ,Philadelphia outscored San Diego 10-3 over ...

Nationals hold off Padres to claim another series win
James Wood lined a two-run homer, Zack Littell pitched into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting San Diego Padres 4-2 on Sunday.,Luis Garcia Jr. also homered for the Nationals, who have won or split six consecutive series. Keibert Ruiz had two hits and threw out three ba...

Nats hold off Padres to claim another series win
James Wood lined a two-run homer, Zack Littell pitched into the seventh inning and the Washington Nationals beat the visiting San Diego Padres 4-2 on Sunday.,Luis Garcia Jr. also homered for the Nationals, who have won or split six consecutive series. Keibert Ruiz had two hits and threw out three ba...

Nationals RHP Zack Littell closes out stellar May against Padres
Washington right-hander Zack Littell looks to put a bow on a turnaround month of May when the Nationals host the San Diego Padres on Sunday.,Littell (4-4, 5.23 ERA) opposes right-hander Griffin Canning (0-3, 7.24) in the series finale after the teams split the first two games with Washington rallyin...

Fernando Tatis Jr. finally hits first HR of 2026
San Diego's long nightmare is finally over.,Fernando Tatis Jr. has homered.,The 27-year-old Padres slugger, who led the National League with 42 home runs in 2021 and entered this season with 152 career dingers, ended his well-publicized home run drought with a solo shot in the fifth inning of San Di...

Nationals explode for six-run inning, beat Padres
Luis Garcia Jr. hit a two-run single to highlight a six-run seventh inning as the Nationals rallied past the San Diego Padres for a 9-4 win Saturday in Washington.,Garcia had two hits and Drew Millas homered for the Nationals, who had lost two straight.,Washington trailed 3-1 entering the seventh wh...

Michael King works to rebound as Padres take on Nationals
San Diego right-hander Michael King will look for a bounce-back outing when the Padres visit the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon.,King (4-3, 2.76 ERA) leads Padres starters in ERA, innings pitched (62) and strikeouts (63) and has given up two earned runs or less in eight of his 11 starts ...

Rare Jackson Merrill homer rallies Padres past Nats
Jackson Merrill cracked a tiebreaking two-run homer in the seventh and Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits as the visiting San Diego Padres rallied for a 7-5 win on Friday night against the Washington Nationals.,Ty France added a game-tying solo homer in the sixth for the Padres, who snapped a four-ga...

Surging Nationals to test MLB's top offense against Padres
The surprising Washington Nationals return home on Friday night to open a three-game series against the slumping San Diego Padres.,The Nationals moved above .500 for the first time since the opening week of the season during a 4-2 road trip when they earned series wins against the Atlanta Braves and...

Cristopher Sanchez sets Phillies' scoreless innings mark in win over Padres
Cristopher Sanchez set the Philadelphia Phillies' franchise record for consecutive scoreless innings Wednesday as they completed a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres with a 3-0 win at Petco Park.,Sanchez passed Grover Cleveland Alexander's mark of 41 innings, set in 1911, by retiring Jackson M...

Phils' Cristopher Sanchez brings shutout streak into finale vs. Padres
While shutting down the light-hitting San Diego Padres in the first two contests of a three-game series, the Philadelphia Phillies also have belted five home runs at pitcher-friendly Petco Park.,As a result, Philadelphia has a chance to post a road sweep on Wednesday with its ace pitcher taking the ...

Trio of solo HRs help Phillies down Padres again
Bryce Harper, J.T. Realmuto and Trea Turner each blasted solo homers in the first three innings Tuesday night as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies held on for a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres.,Given that kind of early support, Aaron Nola (3-4) cruised through six innings, allowing three hits and...

Aaron Nola aims to continue Phillies' strong pitching in clash vs. Padres
Over the last four games, Philadelphia Phillies starting pitchers have allowed just two runs in 26 2/3 innings.,Right-hander Aaron Nola hopes to contribute to that run on Tuesday night when Philadelphia shoots for a series win over the host San Diego Padres.,Nola (2-4, 6.04 ERA) struggled in his las...

Jesus Luzardo throws 6 innings as Phillies shut out Padres
Kyle Schwarber and Brandon Marsh homered while Jesus Luzardo tossed six strong innings as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies blanked the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday.,Luzardo (4-4) worked in and out of trouble for half his stint, permitting four hits and a pair of walks while fanning six in a 104-...

Strong pitching effort helps Phillies shutout Padres
Kyle Schwarber and Brandon Marsh each homered, while Jesus Luzardo tossed six shutout innings as the visiting Philadelphia Phillies blanked the San Diego Padres 3-0 on Monday.,Luzardo (4-4) worked in and out of trouble for half his stint, permitting four hits and a pair of walks while fanning six in...

Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. owes $3.74M in future earnings ruling
San Diego Padres star Fernando Tatis Jr. struck out in court and must give Big League Advance about $3.74 million in back pay as a result of his future earnings agreement with the group.,Tatis signed a future earnings contract with Big League Advance (BLA) in 2017 and received $2 million from the fi...

Offense missing in action for Phillies, Padres entering series
If recent results are any indication, the visiting Philadelphia Phillies and San Diego Padres might have a low-scoring series this week.,The teams begin a three-game set late Monday afternoon, each looking for an offensive boost that hasn't happened as often as both would like.,While San Diego is co...

Carlos Cortes, streaking Nick Kurtz help Athletics top Padres
Carlos Cortes led off Sunday's game with a homer and the visiting Athletics salvaged the last game of their weekend series against the San Diego Padres by posting a 5-2 victory.,Athletics star Nick Kurtz reached base three times on two hits and a walk to stretch his on-base streak to 47 games, one o...

Padres a study of contrasts as series with A's closes
San Diego Padres manager Craig Stammen cracked a joke about a lack of hitting on Saturday night, when his team managed only two hits in a 2-0 shutout of the visiting Athletics.,"If you want to put it into football terms, we got our safety and got out of there," he said.,Stammen will hope for a bit m...

Padres top A's in game light on hitting, heavy on walks
Lucas Giolito tossed five shutout innings Saturday night and the San Diego Padres took advantage of surprising wildness from Athletics starter J.T. Ginn in a 2-0 home victory.,Giolito (2-0) allowed four hits and issued five walks while striking out two but was able to pitch out of multiple jams. He ...