San Diego Padres

On Saturday night, gun shots rang out during the San Diego Padres game against the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park in Washington D.C.

Fifteen-year-old Landis Sims lives his life with a motto: “Just watch me.”

The San Diego Padres gave 15-year-old Landis Sims an honorary contract with the team. The rising baseball star, who was born limb deficient, wowed Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove with a game of catch on the Petco Park field on Sunday.

The Padres are no stranger to storybook moments for hometown ballplayers. Daniel Camarena authored another Thursday night.

A 3-year-old baseball fanatic from San Marcos may have found his calling as a sports announcer: the toddler can name each and every player on the San Diego Padres, with serious zeal, to boot.

The last time the San Diego Padres swept the Los Angeles Dodgers at Petco Park, in September 2010, right-hander Joe Musgrove was just starting his senior year at Grossmont High in suburban El Cajon. When the Padres got their most recent sweep of LA, at Dodger Stadium in April 2013, Musgrove was still three years away from making his big…

With the sellout crowd of 42,667 on its feet in the ninth inning, right fielder Wil Myers chased down Justin Turner’s slicing liner to end the San Diego Padres’ 3-2 win against the rival Los Angeles Dodgers. Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. shot both arms into the air in celebration as the fans roared. Third baseman Manny Machado, who saved…

Yu Darvish said he never envisioned himself as an ace until recently. Well, nothing says it more than 1,500 strikeouts in 197 career starts. Darvish struck out 11 in six brilliant innings to become the fastest big leaguer to reach 1,500 for his career, Manny Machado and Jake Cronenworth homered and the San Diego Padres beat the Los Angeles Dodgers…

San Diego Padres’ star shortstop, Fernando Tatis Jr., is on the injured list after testing positive for COVID-19. Teammates Jurickson Profar and Jorge Mateo are also on the IL due to contract tracing and health and safety protocols.

Although the Padres and the Dodgers know it’s only spring, every remarkable thing that happened in their seven games over the past 10 days proved this matchup was far more important than your average April baseball. When a distinctly autumnal chill settled in Chavez Ravine while their seventh exhausting meeting stretched into extra innings Sunday night, both teams and their…

The San Diego Padres and Los Angeles Dodgers are scheduled to square off nine times in September. They’re already playing as though the division title is on the line in late April. The defending World Series champions overcame another two-homer night from Fernando Tatis Jr. and a strong outing by Blake Snell to rally for a 5-4 victory over...

Jake Cronenworth barely managed to knock down Sheldon Neuse’s vicious 105-mph grounder. He recovered and relayed to Fernando Tatis Jr., who somehow dragged his foot sideways over the bag while loading up for a desperate throw that beat Neuse to first by an eyelash. Although it’s only April, the San Diego Padres know their eighth-inning double play with the bases loaded...

Round 1 is in the books, and the heavyweight Padres and Dodgers didn’t disappoint. “I think it was no secret that the whole baseball world was locked into this series,” San Diego slugger Eric Hosmer said. “Everybody enjoyed the matchup.” Hosmer delivered the tying and go-ahead RBIs in the seventh and eighth innings, helping the Padres beat Los Angeles 5-2…

Mookie Betts made an outstanding diving catch and Clayton Kershaw starred on the mound and at the plate, helping the Los Angeles Dodgers top the San Diego Padres 2-0 on Saturday night in another compelling thriller between the NL West rivals. Kershaw (3-1) struck out eight while working six innings of three-hit ball. He also drew a bases-loaded walk against…

Whew! And still 18 more to go. Corey Seager hit a tiebreaking, two-run homer on Tim Hill’s first pitch of the 12th inning and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the San Diego Padres 11-6 Friday night in a tense, entertaining first matchup this season between NL West rivals who have visions of deep playoff runs. It took 4 hours, 57…

Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger has a hairline fracture in his left fibula, manager Dave Roberts said Friday before the defending World Series champions opened a highly anticipated three-game series against the Padres. Roberts said Bellinger had a scan Thursday that showed the hairline fracture. The manager said there is no timetable for his return. “At least we…

El Cajon native and Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove held the Texas Rangers without a hit in Friday night’s game, the first no-hitter in franchise history.

A sports gambler faces up to five years in federal prison for threatening social-media messages sent to professional athletes.

Padres season ticket holders are hopeful they will be able to get back into the ballpark for at least part of the 2021 season, and a survey sent recently from the team’s membership services is giving them hope that it could happen. The email made no promises, but did ask some specific questions like, “Do you believe Padres games at…

The San Diego Padres trade for their second front line starting pitcher in as many days, getting Yu Darvish from the Chicago Cubs