News Category: San Diego Padres

Padres look to ride pitching staff vs. woeful Rockies

Dylan Cease was dominant for the San Diego Padres on Monday night, allowing just one hit and one run in seven innings and striking out eight in a 3-1 win over the Colorado Rockies in Denver. Michael King, who will take the mound Tuesday in Game 2 of the teams’ four-game series at Coors Field, might have been even better the last time he started. Although he absorbed a 1-0 loss Wednesday in Milwaukee, King

Rockies hope warmer weather heats up bats vs. Padres

The Colorado Rockies endured snow and cold in their unusual weekend of home baseball, and now face a familiar opponent with warmer weather in the forecast in Denver. A snowstorm that hit Colorado caused the postponement of Friday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners, which forced the teams to play a split doubleheader on Sunday — a day after playing Saturday night with temperatures in the low 30s. The Rockies won Sunday’s first game, 2-1

Against Blue Jays, Padres counting on Joe Musgrove to snap skid

When you’re struggling to score, as the San Diego Padres have during a three-game losing streak, you can use a well-pitched game. If history is any indication, the Padres might get it from Joe Musgrove on Sunday afternoon when they try to avoid a series sweep by the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. While Musgrove is off to a slow start this year with a 6.29 ERA and a 2-2 record in five starts, he’s stifled

Slumbering Padres offense aims to wake up against Blue Jays

Friday night’s 5-1 win over the San Diego Padres marked the Toronto Blue Jays’ first game at Petco Park in 11 years. Now they can clinch a series win on Saturday night behind their best arm in the early going. Right-hander Jose Berrios (3-0, 1.05 ERA) has looked every bit the part of a No. 1 starter, particularly during seven shutout innings on Sunday in a 5-0 shutout of the Colorado Rockies. Berrios gave up

Padres, Blue Jays like how they’re playing despite latest outcomes

In placing No. 1 starter Yu Darvish on the 15-day injured list Wednesday due to neck tightness, the San Diego Padres got their first bad injury news of 2024. But as it prepares to open a three-game weekend series Friday night against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays, San Diego might get back a key component of its lineup. First baseman Jake Cronenworth, who sat out the last couple of games of the team’s series in

Joe Ross’ comeback tour continues vs. Padres

The Milwaukee Brewers will look to bounce back behind resurrected right-hander Joe Ross when they host the San Diego Padres on Monday in the opener of a short three-game homestand. Ross (1-0, 1.80 ERA), who missed most of the last two seasons after a second Tommy John surgery, makes his third start for Milwaukee. Right-hander Joe Musgrove (1-2, 6.87), who gave up one hit over eight innings the last time he faced the Brewers, gets

Dodgers’ Mookie Betts looks to stay hot vs. Padres

Mookie Betts is wearing out San Diego pitching in the early part of the season. Betts will look to inflict further damage on Sunday when the Los Angeles Dodgers host the Padres in the finale of a three-game series. Betts went 3-for-5 with two RBIs on Saturday night, when the Dodgers recorded a 5-2 victory. In four games against San Diego this season, Betts is batting .500 (10-for-20) with two homers and 12 RBIs. He

Dodgers enter unfamiliar territory vs. Padres’ Matt Waldron

Early in every season, there are times when a team won’t have much of an idea of what to expect of the next day’s starting pitcher. That will be the case Saturday night when the Los Angeles Dodgers meet the visiting San Diego Padres in the second game of this three-game series. The Dodgers know that San Diego right-hander Matt Waldron (0-1, 3.86 ERA) throws a knuckleball. Even if Waldron doesn’t consider himself a “knuckleball

After first series win of season, Padres battle Dodgers

San Diego right-hander Michael King walked seven batters in four innings during the Padres’ 13-4 win over the San Francisco Giants on March 31. In his next start, a 4-0 win vs. the Giants on Saturday, he walked just one in seven innings. King and the Padres hope his command will remain sharp Friday night when they open a three-game road series against the Los Angeles Dodgers. What was the difference in King’s two starts?

Padres ride momentum of 8-run rally in rematch vs. Cubs

On Monday night, the Chicago Cubs’ win probability rested at 99 percent when they led the San Diego Padres by eight runs entering the bottom of the sixth inning. But San Diego signed up for all 27 outs, so it continued to play on. The Padres scored seven runs in the sixth and Fernando Tatis Jr. drilled a two-run homer in the eighth in a 9-8 win. The Cubs will try to bounce back from