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Shaikin: The Padres aren't dead, and the Dodgers have plenty to lose in baseball's best rivalry
It's a shame the Dodgers and Padres won't end the regular season against one another because the NL West title could still be in play 31 games from now.
The Padres traded for Mason Miller because he can throw 103 mph with a wipeout slider. A bonus: Evidently, he can pick it at first base, too. In the biggest moment of the Padres’ biggest game yet this season,
San Diego Padres left fielder Ramón Laureano was named the second-best trade deadline addition in MLB this season.
Under-pressure Dodgers will look to level the series when they face Padres in Game 2 on Saturday at Petco Park.
Padres grind out close win; reins are still on Yu Darvish; Ryan O’Hearn and Gavin Sheets continue to perform against left-handed pitching
That’s because here, at Petco Park, they have consistently bottled successful baseball. Only one team, the league-leading Milwaukee Brewers, has a better winning percentage at home. The Padres have not lost a series in the East Village since the second week of June, when the Dodgers took two of three games.
The Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 to open a 3-game series at Petco Park, pulling back into a 1st place tie atop the National League West.
First home run ball, priceless? Nope. Not by a long shot. Eric Saldana and Alex Espinoza were sitting in Section 125 of the field level Friday night at Petco Park, just inside the right-field foul
San Diego flipped the script Friday night in a 2-1 win that enabled the Padres to tie Los Angeles for first place in the National League West, turning that one-run lead over to the bullpen after six great innings from Yu Darvish and then securing the victory.
Rookie infielder Alex Freeland provided all of the Dodgers' offense with his first career home run in a 2-1 loss to the Padres Friday.
The San Diego Padres took the series over the San Francisco Giants on Thursday, winning three of four games despite playing the entire set without star centerfielder Jackson Merrill. The 22-year-old exited Sunday’s game against the Los Angeles Dodgers early with a bone bruise in his left ankle, after initially tweaking it a couple of games prior.
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