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Can Padres finally complete a series sweep against A's?
The San Diego Padres have taken the field looking to sweep a series five times this season. They are 0-5 in those games.,They will hope the sixth time is a charm on Wednesday when they host the Oakland Athletics in an afternoon game.,After failing to break out the brooms against Milwaukee, Arizona, ...

Kyle Higashioka hits walk-off HR, sends Padres past A's
Kyle Higashioka led off the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off home run as the San Diego Padres grabbed a 4-3 win over the visiting Oakland Athletics on Tuesday night. ,Higashioka jumped on a hanging changeup from Scott Alexander (0-1) and lined it into the left field corner. The ball stayed...

Manny Machado, Padres pursue series victory over A's
The San Diego Padres' best guess that star third baseman Manny Machado would avoid an injured list stint proved to be correct.,After missing four starts due to a strained hip flexor sustained Wednesday, Machado returned Monday as the designated hitter, collecting two hits in San Diego's 6-1 win over...

Padres pitchers strike out 16 in win over A's
Jake Cronenworth and Fernando Tatis Jr. each homered Monday night while Dylan Cease snapped a five-start winless streak as the San Diego Padres stopped the visiting Oakland Athletics 6-1.,Cease (6-5) scattered eight hits and a walk over six innings, allowing just one run while striking out eight. It...

RB Rhamondre Stevenson, Patriots close to extension
Running back Rhamondre Stevenson is nearing an agreement on a contract extension with the Patriots, he told reporters at the first day of New England's mandatory minicamp Monday.,Stevenson, 26, is slated to earn a base salary of $3.116 million in the final year on his rookie contract, which he signe...

Padres look to take advantage of struggling A's
On paper, the San Diego Padres' three-game series with the visiting Oakland Athletics that starts Monday night figures to be a golden opportunity for them to feast on a weaker foe.,But as the first two-plus months of the season have shown, San Diego's ability to play good ball against top opponents ...

Diamondbacks bang out 15 hits, split series with Padres
Jake McCarthy rapped out three hits Sunday, including a two-run homer that capped a six-run second inning, as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks salvaged a split of their four-game series with the San Diego Padres, 9-3.,It was a reversal of form from the previous two games, when San Diego won by a co...

Fresh off pair of routs, Padres bid for series win vs. D-backs
While Manny Machado has just one at-bat since Wednesday, the result of a hip flexor strain that has sidelined him, the San Diego Padres brass feel their star third baseman will be able to avoid the injured list.,But they don't know if they'll be able to pencil him into the lineup for Sunday's finale...

Jake Cronenworth drives in four as Padres crush Diamondbacks
Jake Cronenworth drove in four runs Saturday night and Ha-Seong Kim hit a three-run homer as the San Diego Padres pummeled the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 13-1.,San Diego, which scored in double figures for the second straight game, tallied 14 hits and scored four runs in the second, fourth and fi...

Fernando Tatis Jr., Padres bid for repeat performance vs. D-backs
Fernando Tatis Jr. extended the longest current active hitting streak in the majors on Friday night.,And this time, it was enough to help the San Diego Padres end a season-high-tying five-game losing streak.,Tatis got a 14-hit attack rolling with a solo homer in the bottom of the first inning of San...

Early offense helps Padres down D-backs, end skid
Fernando Tatis Jr. and Jurickson Profar slugged back-to-back homers in the first inning Friday night as the San Diego Padres snapped a five-game losing streak with a 10-3 rout of the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks.,Tatis stretched his hitting streak to 13 games when he slugged a first-pitch sinker fr...

Ketel Marte bids to power D-backs past Padres again
Ketel Marte knows his importance to the Arizona Diamondbacks.,"When I play (well), we are going to win a lot of games," he said.,Marte played well on Thursday night in San Diego, where the Diamondbacks opened a four-game series with the Padres by taking a 4-3 win. Marte snapped a tie with a two-out ...

Ketel Marte's RBI single lifts D-backs past Padres
Ketel Marte's two-out RBI single in the seventh inning Thursday night snapped a tie and lifted the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the slumping San Diego Padres.,Corbin Carroll doubled off reliever Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) before Marte delivered the hit that gave Arizona its fifth win ...

Ketel Marte’s RBI single lifts Diamondbacks past Padres
Ketel Marte's two-out RBI single in the top of the seventh inning Thursday night snapped a tie and lifted the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks to a 4-3 win over the slumping San Diego Padres.,Collin Carroll reached scoring position with a double off reliever Jeremiah Estrada (2-1) before Marte delivere...

With Manny Machado in question, Padres open set vs. D-backs
After playing Wednesday's 3-2 loss at the Los Angeles Angels almost as though it were a self-fulfilling prophecy, the San Diego Padres start a seven-game homestand Thursday with the first contest of a four-game set against the Arizona Diamondbacks.,San Diego limped home with injury added to the insu...

Angels edge Padres to earn rare home series sweep
Nolan Schanuel hit a solo homer, Zach Neto hit a two-run shot and Jose Soriano pitched six solid innings to help the Los Angeles Angels post a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night at Anaheim, Calif.,Neto and Logan O'Hoppe had two hits apiece as Los Angeles recorded a three-game s...

Padres 3B Manny Machado exits with hip injury
San Diego star third baseman Manny Machado departed the Padres' Wednesday game at Anaheim, Calif., in the fourth inning due to a mild right hip flexor strain.,Machado is day-to-day, Padres manager Mike Shildt said after his team lost 3-2 to the Los Angeles Angels.,Machado reached on a fielder's choi...

Padres 3B Manny Machado exits with apparent leg injury
San Diego Padres star third baseman Manny Machado departed Wednesday night's game against the host Los Angeles Angels in the fourth inning with an apparent leg injury.,Machado reached on a fielder's choice when he hit a grounder to third and Fernando Tatis Jr. was forced out at second. As he approac...

Mirra Andreeva, Jasmine Paolini pull off French Open quarterfinal stunners
Teenager Mirra Andreeva stunned No. 2 seed Aryna Sabalenka 6-7 (5), 6-4, 6-4 to advance to her first career Grand Slam semifinal at the French Open on Wednesday.,The 17-year-old Russian becomes the youngest woman to play in a Grand Slam semfinal since Martina Hingis, who was 16 when she reached the ...

Browns sign GM Andrew Berry, Kevin Stefanski to extensions
The Cleveland Browns signed general manager Andrew Berry and head coach Kevin Stefanski to contract extensions on Wednesday. ,Terms of the deals were not disclosed for Berry and Stefanski, who arrived in Cleveland ahead of the 2020 season. Two playoff berths and two NFL Coach of the Year awards for ...