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Brandon Nimmo helps Mets tame Padres
Pete Alonso and Brandon Nimmo homered Thursday while rookie Jonah Tong pitched five solid innings for the win as the New York Mets stopped the visiting San Diego Padres 6-1.,Tong (2-2) allowed only four hits and an unearned run while walking none and fanning a career-high eight in his fourth MLB sta...

Clinging to final wild card, Mets chase series win vs. Padres
The New York Mets might spend the final days of the regular season continuing to benefit from teams failing to take advantage of the extended subpar play of the Mets in their effort to grab the final National League wild-card spot.,But New York would rather not take that chance.,The Mets again will ...

Manny Machado's grand slam powers Padres past Mets
Manny Machado hit a tiebreaking grand slam in the fifth inning Wednesday night for the visiting San Diego Padres, who held on to beat the New York Mets 7-4 in the middle game of a three-game set between the teams holding down the final two National League wild-card spots.,Gavin Sheets (sacrifice fly...

Wild-card candidates Padres, Mets up for battle
Neither the New York Mets nor San Diego Padres are exactly sprinting towards the playoffs.,But both teams will be looking to build on some much-needed momentum Tuesday night, when the Mets host the Padres in the opener of a three-game series between the teams occupying the final two National League ...

Jackson Merrill helps Padres knock off Rockies
Jackson Merrill belted a three-run homer to help the host San Diego Padres overcome Mickey Moniak's two-homer, five-RBI performance in a 9-6 victory versus the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.,San Diego's Gavin Sheets provided insurance with a two-run double in the eighth inning, and Jose Iglesias had a ...

Padres hope to keep heat on Dodgers in finale with Rockies
With two weeks and 13 games remaining, the San Diego Padres are very much alive in the National League West.,San Diego (81-68) is chasing Los Angeles (83-65) for division supremacy and can keep the heat on the Dodgers in the finale of a four-game series against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Sunda...

Padres slug 4 homers, overpower struggling Rockies
Manny Machado homered for the second straight game, Fernando Tatis Jr., Jackson Merrill and Bryce Johnson also went deep, and the host San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 11-3 on Saturday night.,Machado, Tatis, Elias Diaz and Luis Arraez finished with two hits each for San Diego (81-68). Arra...

Rockies seek to deal Padres another blow in quest for NL West title
In a season with far too many long nights, the Colorado Rockies experienced a really good one on Friday that might put a serious crimp in the San Diego Padres' hopes of a National League West title.,The Rockies (41-107) snapped a six-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory on Friday. The decision kept...

Blaine Crim's first career homer powers Rockies past Padres
Blaine Crim belted a three-run homer Friday night for his first MLB hit and Tanner Gordon pitched into the seventh inning as the visiting Colorado Rockies played the spoiler's role with a 4-2 win over the San Diego Padres.,Gordon (6-6), who was rocked for six runs on Sunday in an 8-1 loss to San Die...

Padres turn to JP Sears to help rotation vs. Rockies
Even with time running out in their quest to catch the Los Angeles Dodgers or Chicago Cubs to earn home-field advantage for the first round of the National League playoffs, the San Diego Padres are taking a big-picture look at the regular season's last 15 games.,The Padres will call up JP Sears from...

Randy Vasquez whiffs 9 as Padres shut out Rockies
Jackson Merrill homered and Randy Vasquez fanned a career-high nine in six shutout innings as the San Diego Padres blanked the visiting Colorado Rockies 2-0 on Thursday.,Luis Arraez added three hits and an RBI as San Diego (80-67) moved within 2 1/2 games of the idle Los Angeles Dodgers for first pl...

Padres look to ignite offense in opener vs. reeling Rockies
Two teams coming off poor series at the plate will try to iron out their offensive woes at each other's expense over the next four games.,The San Diego Padres, needing wins to run down either the Los Angeles Dodgers or Chicago Cubs in an attempt to earn home-field advantage for the first round of th...

Reds rally past Padres to close gap in wild-card race
Andrew Abbott snapped a personal five-game losing streak Wednesday night with eight dominant innings and the visiting Cincinnati Reds rallied for a 2-1 win over the San Diego Padres.,Abbott (9-6) gave up only five hits and a run, walking two and striking out six. In four career starts against San Di...

Reds turn to struggling Andrew Abbott in finale vs. Padres
Tuesday night's 4-2 win at the San Diego Padres gave the visiting Cincinnati Reds the victory they desperately needed and also allowed them to gain a game in their quest for the National League's last wild-card spot.,If the Reds are to win the rubber match of the three-game series in San Diego, they...

Padres' Michael King set for latest return vs. Reds
Michael King acknowledged he rushed his comeback last month from a nerve issue that caused problems with his pitching shoulder, leading to knee inflammation that landed him on the injured list for another month.,The San Diego Padres right-hander didn't hurry his latest rehab, which he hopes will cli...

Padres top Reds on Fernando Tatis' walk-off sac fly
Fernando Tatis Jr. lofted a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the 10th inning Monday night as the San Diego Padres rallied for a 4-3 win over the visiting Cincinnati Reds.,With Jake Cronenworth placed at second base as the automatic runner to start the inning, Freddy Fermin bunted him to third and reac...

Suddenly showing power, Padres open series with Reds
The law of averages and a weekend visit to Denver's Coors Field served as a fortunate convergence of events for the San Diego Padres.,Consecutive wins on Saturday night and Sunday that saw San Diego score a total of 18 runs, or six more than it managed during a five-game losing streak, pushed them w...

Padres hit four homers in win over Rockies
Jackson Merrill had three hits, including one of four home runs for San Diego, and the Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 8-1 in Denver on Sunday.,Manny Machado homered and doubled, and Ramon Laureano and Gavin Sheets also went deep for San Diego (78-65). The Padres remained a game behind the first-pl...

Dylan Cease, Padres have sense of urgency vs. Rockies
The Padres briefly occupied first place in the National League West after beating the Los Angeles Dodgers two weeks ago, but San Diego hasn't played like a first-place team since.,San Diego (77-65) had lost nine of its past 11 games and five in a row before Saturday night's 10-8 win over Colorado. D...

Padres emerge from hit-fest with victory over Rockies
Fernando Tatis Jr. homered and singled to reach 700 career hits, Freddy Fermin had two hits and drove in three runs, and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 10-8 in Denver on Saturday night.,Luis Arraez and Ryan O'Hearn had three hits apiece and Ramon Laureano finished with two hits to he...