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Padres shake off rain to blank Pirates
Donovan Solano went 4-for-5 with four RBIs to help the San Diego Padres to a 6-0 win against the host Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday in the opener of a three-game series. ,San Diego braved a rain delay that lasted 2 hours, 40 minutes to pick up its 12th win in the past 15 games. The Pirates fell for ...
Billy Bean, among first pro athletes to come out, dies at 60
Billy Bean, one of the first athletes in American team sports to come out as gay, died Tuesday, 11 months after being diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. He was 60.,An outfielder and first baseman who played in parts of six MLB seasons, Bean most recently served as the league's senior vice presid...
Red-hot Dylan Cease aims to pitch Padres past Pirates
July was a month to remember for San Diego Padres ace Dylan Cease. The right-hander will look to keep the good times rolling when he takes the mound against the host Pittsburgh Pirates in the opener of a three-game set on Tuesday.,Cease (11-8, 3.42 ERA), who was named the National League Pitcher of ...
Padres slug three HRs while pounding Rockies
Kyle Higashioka, Jurickson Profar and David Peralta each homered Sunday to back up Matt Waldron's two-hitter over 5 2/3 innings as the San Diego Padres powered past the visiting Colorado Rockies 10-2.,Waldron (7-9) gave up just one run in his stint, walking two and striking out seven as he beat Colo...
Padres meet Rockies, seek another series win
At 30 games under .500 after Saturday night's 3-2 loss to the San Diego Padres, the Colorado Rockies moved closer to a last-place finish in the National League West. ,But Colorado has looked more like a playoff contender against San Diego.,Winners of six of nine games against the Padres this year, C...
Recent acquisitions help Padres get past Rockies
Xander Bogaerts' RBI single snapped a seventh-inning tie Saturday night and the San Diego Padres eked out a 3-2 win over the visiting Colorado Rockies.,The Padres added another run in the seventh and made a winner of reliever Jason Adam (5-2), who was pitching in his second game for San Diego after ...
Padres' Martin Perez looks to make impression vs. Rockies
With Michael King being skipped in the San Diego Padres' rotation after being struck in the calf by a line drive, one of the team's trade-deadline additions will get his first start for his new squad on Saturday.,Veteran left-hander Martin Perez will makes that debut when San Diego takes on the visi...
Rockies extend season's dominance over Padres
Brendan Rodgers homered and Austin Gomber worked seven strong innings as the visiting Colorado Rockies stopped the San Diego Padres 5-2 on Friday night.,Gomber (3-7) beat the Padres for the second time this year, permitting five hits and two runs with one walk and six strikeouts. Tyler Kinley pitche...
Padres seek to avoid stumbling vs. Rockies again
Back in May, the San Diego Padres welcomed the Colorado Rockies to town after taking a weekend series from the Los Angeles Dodgers.,Seemingly ready to get on a roll, San Diego instead lost all three games.,On Friday night, the Padres will host the Rockies again, this time after sweeping a two-game s...
Dylan Cease, Padres complete two-game sweep of Dodgers
Luis Campusano homered while Dylan Cease won his fourth straight start as the San Diego Padres earned a two-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers with an 8-1 victory on Wednesday.,In his first outing since no-hitting the Washington Nationals on July 25, Cease (11-8) allowed three hits and a...
Padres' Dylan Cease returns after no-hitter to face Dodgers
What does Dylan Cease do for an encore?,The San Diego Padres' right-hander, fresh off the second no-hitter in franchise history, tries to concoct a suitable follow-up Wednesday when his team bids for a two-game sweep of the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers.,Cease (10-8, 3.50 ERA) faced just one batter o...
Padres work overtime to complete comeback over Dodgers
Donovan Solano's pinch-hit single in the bottom of the 10th inning capped the San Diego Padres' rally from a 5-0 deficit in the first inning as they stopped the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-5 on Tuesday night.,Ha-Seong Kim began the inning at second base and Kyle Higashioka drew a leadoff walk from Alex Ve...
Padres acquire Marlins closer Tanner Scott
The San Diego Padres landed left-handed closer Tanner Scott from the Miami Marlins as part of a six-player deal Tuesday.,Right-handed pitcher Bryan Hoeing also heads to San Diego in exchange for left-hander Robby Snelling, right-hander Adam Mazur and infielders Graham Pauley and Jay Beshears.,Scott,...
Yankees acquire relievers Mark Leiter Jr., Enyel De Los Santos
The New York Yankees spent MLB trade deadline day bolstering their bullpen, acquiring relievers Mark Leiter Jr. from the Chicago Cubs and Enyel De Los Santos from the San Diego Padres on Tuesday.,The Yankees landed the right-handed Leiter from Chicago in exchange for two prospects, infielder Ben Cow...
Padres trade for Pirates LHP Martin Perez
The San Diego Padres added former All-Star Martin Perez to their rotation Tuesday, acquiring the left-hander from the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for minor league left-hander Ronaldys Jimenez.,Perez, 33, signed a one-year contract worth $8 million to join the Pirates last offseason after two prod...
Report: Padres acquire Marlins closer Tanner Scott
The San Diego Padres landed left-handed closer Tanner Scott from the Miami Marlins as part of a six-player deal Tuesday, ESPN reported.,Right-handed pitcher Bryan Hoeing also heads to San Diego in exchange for left-hander Robby Snelling, right-hander Adam Mazur and infielders Graham Pauley and Jay B...
Red-hot Xander Bogaerts leads Padres into series vs. Dodgers
Xander Bogaerts is slugging and the San Diego Padres are winning.,The two things are very related.,As San Diego starts a two-game series against the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night, it does so with its second baseman hitting the ball harder than he has all year.,Bogaerts doubled twice ...
Orioles build big lead, hold off Padres
Cedric Mullins capped a six-run third inning with a two-run double and Ryan Mountcastle drove in four runs as the host Baltimore Orioles avoided a three-game sweep by defeating the San Diego Padres 8-6 on Sunday afternoon.,A six-run lead nearly vanished on Baltimore for the second time in four days,...
Padres acquire RHP Jason Adam from Rays
The San Diego Padres acquired right-handed reliever Jason Adam from the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday in exchange for three prospects.,The Rays received right-hander Dylan Lesko, outfielder Homer Bush Jr. and catcher J.D. Gonzalez. MLB.com ranked Lesko, Bush and Gonzalez as the Padres' Nos. 3, 8 and 12 p...
Reports: Padres acquire RHP Jason Adam from Rays
The San Diego Padres are acquiring right-handed reliever Jason Adam from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange for three prospects, multiple media outlets reported on Sunday morning.,Per reports, the Rays are receiving right-hander Dylan Lesko, outfielder Homer Bush Jr. and catcher J.D. Gonzalez. MLB.com r...