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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...

Wounded Padres look to rebound in Detroit
The San Diego Padres won't have their offensive catalyst for at least a week.,First baseman Luis Arraez was placed on the 7-day injured list and is in concussion protocol after colliding with Houston's Mauricio Dubon during a bunt attempt on Sunday.,In their first game without Arraez, the Padres dro...

Gleyber Torres' hitting helps Tigers edge Padres
Gleyber Torres had three hits and drove in two runs as the host Detroit Tigers downed the San Diego Padres, 6-4, on Monday night.,Zach McKinstry supplied three hits, scored a run and drove in another for Detroit.,Starter Keider Montero gave up four runs (three earned) in 4 1/3 innings. Brenan Hanife...

Padres' Luis Arraez placed on 7-day concussion IL
San Diego Padres infielder/designated hitter Luis Arraez was placed on the seven-day injured list in concussion protocol Monday, one day after a collision at first base with the Houston Astros' Mauricio Dubon.,The Padres promoted infielder Mason McCoy, 30, to the active roster in a corresponding mov...

Reports: Padres' Luis Arraez placed on 7-day concussion IL
San Diego Padres infielder/designated hitter Luis Arraez was placed on the seven-day injured list in concussion protocol, multiple outlets reported Monday, one day after a collision at first base with the Houston Astros' Mauricio Dubon.,The Padres will promote infielder Mason McCoy, 30, to the activ...

Tigers, Padres dealing with injuries as 3-game series starts
The Detroit Tigers already have three outfielders on the injured list. Kerry Carpenter may have to join them.,The left-handed hitting slugger suffered an apparent hamstring injury in the Tigers' 4-3, 10-inning home loss to Kansas City on Sunday. Detroit opens a three-game home series against San Die...

Fernando Tatis Jr. powers Padres past Astros
Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a tiebreaking homer in the seventh inning and scored all three San Diego runs as the visiting Padres recorded a 3-2 victory over the Houston Astros on Sunday night to salvage the finale of a three-game series.,Tatis also tripled while joining Xander Bogaerts and Martin Maldona...

Padres' Luis Arraez carted off field after vicious collision
San Diego Padres designated hitter Luis Arraez was carted off the field in the first inning of Sunday night's game against the host Houston Astros after being involved in a fierce collision.,The incident featuring the three-time batting champion led to an 11-minute delay before the resumption of pla...

Astros' Framber Valdez, Padres' Dylan Cease set to square off again
The timing could not have worked out any better for Astros manager Joe Espada, whose decision to drop first baseman Christian Walker in the batting order on Saturday paid immediate dividends.,Walker smacked a game-tying, two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning to spark the Astros to a 3-2...

Clutch hitting helps Astros edge Padres
Christian Walker slugged a two-run home run with two outs in the sixth inning before Isaac Paredes produced a tiebreaking single an inning later as the Houston Astros rallied past the visiting San Diego Padres 3-2 on Saturday., to secure this three-game interleague series.,Walker, dropped to fifth i...

Cam Smith, Astros look ride power surge into rematch vs. Padres
Houston Astros rookie right fielder Cam Smith will remain under a microscope for the foreseeable future, with his progress at the plate and in the field a source of constant dialogue.,When Smith belted a pair of home runs in the Astros' 6-4 win over the San Diego Padres in the opener of a three-game...

Cam Smith (2 HRs, 4 RBIs) drives Astros past Padres
Rookie Cam Smith clubbed a pair of home runs as the Houston Astros fended off the visiting San Diego Padres 6-4 on Friday in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,Smith recorded the first multi-home run game for the Astros this season by producing his second and third career homers. Both ca...

Predators re-sign D Andreas Englund for 2025-26 season
The Nashville Predators re-signed defenseman Andreas Englund to a $775,000 deal for next season, the team said Friday.,The Predators claimed Englund off waivers from the Los Angeles Kings on Feb. 10.,He played in 24 games for Nashville, recording two assists, 36 penalty minutes, 58 hits and 33 block...

Padres' offense walking tall into matchup with scuffling Astros
Fernando Tatis Jr. has roared out of the gate and is playing at an MVP level, while Jackson Merrill, Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth each have an adjusted OPS above 150.,So many elements are clicking for the San Diego Padres that it comes as no surprise that they own the best record in the majors...