The San Diego Padres have overtaken the Los Angeles Dodgers, and even their own players find it hard to believe.

The Dodgers hardly threatened in the first ... In the fourth, the Padres wouldn’t come away empty-handed again. Walks to Manny Machado (on four pitches to lead off the inning) and Xander Bogaerts (on a string of fastballs that missed the zone) were ...

The San Diego Padres are in the middle of a key race for the National League West against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

The San Diego Padres and the Los Angeles Dodgers clashed for a crucial National League West series with the series opener hosted at Petco Park on Friday.

Cortes was coming off an odd start in which he allowed the Giants four runs on three homers in the first inning and then yielded just three hits over the rest of an outing that lasted through the first two outs of the sixth inning without the Giants scoring again.

San Diego Padres third baseman Manny Machado spoke about the support that the Friar faithful have for the team.

The advice from Darvish worked, based on Machado's solo shot to make it 3-0, and notch his first home run since July 29th. He went 18 games without a home run, and slugged just .293 during that stretch with a .603 OPS.

The Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres have matching 73-56 records after the Padres beat the Dodgers 2-1 on Friday night. The two rivals square off once again in San Diego on Saturday, Aug. 23,