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Andre Agassi falls in second U.S. Open Pickleball match
Andre Agassi saw his professional pickleball debut end after one day and two matches.,The Hall of Fame tennis player and partner Anna Leigh Waters, competing at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships in Naples, Fla., fell in the mixed pro doubles Round of 16 on Wednesday night.,Trang Huynh-McClain a...

Elias Diaz homers as Padres sweep 2-game set vs. Giants
Elias Diaz homered, singled and scored twice to help the San Diego Padres complete a two-game sweep of the visiting San Francisco Giants with a 5-3 victory on Wednesday afternoon.,Fernando Tatis Jr. had three hits and scored a run in the leadoff spot, and Luis Arraez had two hits, a run scored and a...

Andre Agassi wins debut in U.S. Open Pickleball Championships
Andre Agassi emerged victorious in his professional pickleball debut, teaming with Anna Leigh Waters to record an 11-8, 9-11, 11-7 win in the mixed pro division at the U.S. Open Pickleball Championships on Wednesday in Naples, Fla.,Agassi, who turned 55 on Tuesday, joined forces with the 18-year-old...

Padres looking to beefed-up lineup as they seek sweep of Giants
It wasn't a mystery how the San Diego Padres followed a 15-4 start by going 2-7 in their next nine games. Their offense went from robust to non-existent, managing just three runs in a four-game losing streak.,Nor was it a mystery that they snapped the skid Tuesday night when Luis Arraez (concussion)...

Xander Bogaerts helps end skid as Padres top Giants
Xander Bogaerts homered and knocked in three runs as the San Diego Padres snapped a four-game losing streak with a 7-4 win over the visiting San Francisco Giants on Tuesday.,After scoring just three runs in its previous 43 innings, going back to a 2-0 win on April 22 in Detroit, San Diego worked ove...

Padres activate star hitter Luis Arraez from concussion list
The San Diego Padres activated three-time batting champion Luis Arraez from the seven-day concussion list prior to Tuesday night's home game against the San Francisco Giants.,The Padres also activated outfielder Jason Heyward from the 10-day injured list, designated veteran first baseman Yuli Gurrie...

Reports: Vikings signing LB Andrew Van Ginkel to $23M extension
The Minnesota Vikings signed Pro Bowl linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel to a contract extension on Tuesday, with multiple reports saying it was a one-year, $23 million extension through the 2026 season.,Van Ginkel, 29, had signed with the Vikings as a free agent in March 2024 on a two-year, $20 million c...

Nick Pivetta aims to keep stellar start going as Padres host Giants
Nick Pivetta didn't have a job for 2025 until Feb. 17, when he signed a four-year deal with the San Diego Padres.,Just over a month into the season, Pivetta has authored the best start to a year by any starting pitcher in club history.,He tries to continue that brilliant beginning Tuesday night when...

Cal transfer Andrej Stojakovic commits to Illinois
Former Cal guard Andrej Stojakovic committed to Illinois on Monday.,Stojakovic, the son of former Sacramento Kings All-Star Peja Stojakovic, made the announcement in a post to X. He chose the Illini over North Carolina and Stanford.,"They really believe I'm the missing piece to what they think is a ...

Chandler Simpson stars as Rays secure sweep of Padres
Taylor Walls homered Sunday and Zack Littell got his first win after five straight losses as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays completed a three-game sweep of the San Diego Padres with a 4-2 decision.,Chandler Simpson scored the tie-breaking run in the top of the fifth inning when he scampered home from t...

Rays' Zack Littell looks for elusive win in clash vs. Padres
The series finale on Sunday between the visiting Tampa Bay Rays and San Diego Padres could be seen by a true cynic as a movable force against a resistible object.,Tampa Bay will vie for a series sweep behind right-hander Zack Littell (0-5, 5.28 ERA), who's pitched well at times but been hurt by a la...

Rays win 4th straight; Padres' offensive woes continue
Brandon Lowe homered Saturday night and Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight game with a 4-1 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Pepiot (2-3) allowed just three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers protected the ...

Rays' streak at 4 wins as Padres' offensive woes continue
Brandon Lowe homered Saturday night and Ryan Pepiot fired six strong innings as the visiting Tampa Bay Rays won their fourth straight game with a 4-1 decision over the San Diego Padres.,Pepiot (2-3) allowed just three hits and a run with two walks and three strikeouts. Three relievers protected the ...

As Yandy Diaz emerges from slow start, Rays try to take series from Padres
One of the Tampa Bay Rays' offensive mainstays for the past six years has started to hit.,Not surprisingly, Tampa Bay is starting to win games.,Yandy Diaz has seven hits and five RBIs in the past three games, all Rays victories, and will try to keep his roll going on Saturday when they go for a seri...

Shane Baz, Rays send Padres to rare home defeat
Shane Baz fired seven shutout innings Friday night and the visiting Tampa Bay Rays nipped the San Diego Padres 1-0.,Baz (3-0) permitted just four hits and a walk while striking out six. Manuel Rodriguez worked the eighth, preserving the shutout by slipping a called third strike past Xander Bogaerts ...

Padres face Rays, hope for home advantage to continue
Petco Park has been home, sweet home for the San Diego Padres early in the 2025 season.,With four starters and a backup outfielder currently out with injuries, San Diego will need to tap into its huge home-field advantage more than ever on Friday night when it opens a three-game series with the Tamp...

Bianca Andreescu cruises to first-round win in Madrid
Bianca Andreescu, in her second match back on tour after undergoing an emergency appendectomy in February, picked up a first-round win Wednesday at the Mutua Madrid Open.,The Canadian downed the United States' McCartney Kessler 6-2, 6-4.,Andreescu, the 2019 U.S. Open champion, returned to action las...

Reese Olson, Tigers two-hit Padres in 6-0 victory
Reese Olson pitched 7 1/3 innings of shutout ball, Justyn-Henry Malloy supplied a homer and RBI double, and the host Detroit Tigers downed the San Diego Padres 6-0 on Wednesday afternoon.,Olson (3-1) limited San Diego to two Jose Iglesias singles while recording seven strikeouts.,Dillon Dingler blas...

After shutout win, Padres eye series victory over Tigers
The San Diego Padres are missing chunks of their offense, but their performance on Tuesday showed how they can win without key members of their lineup.,The Padres got stellar pitching in a 2-0 win over the host Detroit Tigers and will go for a three-game series victory on Wednesday afternoon.,The sh...

Nick Pivetta hurls Padres past Tigers, 2-0
Nick Pivetta pitched seven dominant innings, Elias Diaz hit a two-run homer and the visiting San Diego Padres (17-7) downed the Detroit Tigers (14-10), 2-0 on Tuesday night.,Pivetta (4-1) allowed just two hits and walked two while striking out six. Jason Adam pitched the eighth and Robert Suarez got...