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Arizona had two batters hit by pitches with the bases loaded in the same game for the first time in team history — in consecutive plate appearances, no less. San Diego escaped a big jam, thanks in large part to a double play that went from the second baseman to catcher to shortstop. A night of bizarre sequences ended with…

After 31 games in 31 days the Padres got to catch their breath Monday. Derek and Darnay assess what they’ve seen as the club nears the midway point. Why last year’s struggles appear to be a thing of the past, and how Bob Melvin has made it easy to shrug off a mini-slump. The guys wonder if the national narrative…

Xander Schauffele celebrated his one-year wedding anniversary Sunday with a dramatic victory in the Travelers Championship. The Olympic champion won with a three-stroke swing on the final hole, hitting to 3 feet for birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead. A stroke in fron...

Padres reliever Nabil Crismatt has made a strong case for a spot on the National League All-Star team in 2022. He came into Sunday’s game against the Phillies at Petco Park having allowed just five earned runs in 35.1 innings, and hadn’t allowed a home run yet. Over the course of a 162 game season, everyone has a bad day….

Blake Snell was rolling. He was efficient, plowing through the Philadelphia offense and commanding all of his pitches. Then he hit Bryce Harper and everything started to unravel in a 4-2 loss to the Phillies. Snell lost control of a 97 MPH fastball and drilled the reigning National League MVP in the hand. Harper suffered a fractured thumb and figur...

They call Philadelphia the City of Brotherly Love. Perhaps ironically, on Friday night it was brotherly love that led to them losing a baseball game. Padres catcher Austin Nola lined an RBI single off his brother, Phillies starter Aaron Nola, to break a scoreless tie in the 6th inning and give the Friars a 1-0 win to even their 4-game…...

Joe Musgrove finally lost a game….that it took until late June for a Major League Baseball team to beat Musgrove says a lot about what a super season the Padres pitcher is having. Kyle Schwarber hit a two-run homer and J.T. Realmuto added a three-run shot for the Philadelphia Phillies, who handed Musgrove his first loss of the season......

50 years ago Thursday, the world started to change. The change was, like many things when society has to hold a mirror to itself and recognize it’s been doing things the wrong way, painstakingly slow. That change is still happening today, and will last for years to come. It all began with a presidential penstroke. Richard Nixon signed into la...

The San Diego Padres are a “sweeping” sensation. The Padres beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 10-4 to complete a 3-game series sweep. Jurickson Profar was the star player for the Padres with 4 hits, 2 runs scored and 2 rbi’s. Jurickson had plenty of company as an offensive star, including rookie Jose Azocar. The Padres right fielder h...

On June 11th, it was announced that San Diego Padres manager Bob Melvin would be out indefinitely due to Covid protocols. At the time, the Padres offered no specifics on a return date for the 60 year-old Melvin. After missing the past 11 games, Melvin will return to the dugout as Padres manager Wednesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Melvin did...

Jorge Alfaro singled home the winning run with one out in the 11th inning to give the San Diego Padres a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Tuesday night. Eric Hosmer hit a tying homer in the sixth for the Padres, who played their second game without Manny Machado since the star third baseman sprained his left ankle Sunday…

Led by Yu Darvish, the San Diego Padres bounced back nicely from losing Manny Machado during a disheartening weekend sweep in Colorado. Darvish flirted with trouble before righting himself and throwing seven strong innings, and Jake Cronenworth and Trent Grisham homered to lead the San Diego Padres to a 4-1 win over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Mond...

Manny Machado’s ankle injury looked horrific. But, elite athletes’ bodies are different than us mere mortals. The National League MVP frontrunner was re-evaluated in San Diego on Monday. So, how is he doing?