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Padres nail Giants in thirteen innings and are within a game of first place

It took a bunt in the thirteenth inning for the Padres to get by the Giants in extra innings

And then there was one. The Padres outlasted the San Francisco Giants 5-3 on Monday night in 13 innings, and ...

Padres sweep Diamondbacks and close on division lead

The Arizona Diamondbacks fell to the Padres again and the hottest team in baseball has won six straight

The Padres went up against the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday with two possibilities if they won: Gaining on the ...

Padres roll Diamondbacks again and get to even

Don't look now, but the Padres are playing .500 ball and gaining on the division leader

When the Padres opened the season at 5-15, there weren’t many who considered the club attaining an even record at ...

Padres dominate Diamondbacks and win fourth in a row

With Eric Stults on the mound, the Padres didn't need much offense to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks

Eric Stults did something on Friday night that no Padres pitcher has accomplished this season, which was to throw a ...

Padres complete sweep of Braves

Edinson Volquez threw well and the Braves fell to the Padres again amidst brooms and dustpans

The Atlanta Braves came to Petco Park as the best team in the National League while the Padres were limping ...

Cashner great as Padres beat Braves again

Andrew Cashner's pitching carries Padres on a low-offense win over the Braves

The Padres continue to hang on in close games as of late, even in games like the one on Tuesday ...

Ron Fowler gives away free stuff if you go to Padres games

The San Diego Padres have added giveaways to their schedule and some of it is interesting stuff

People like free stuff, even if the free stuff costs money. Proof lies inside of Petco Park on what had ...

Padres edge Braves

The San Diego Padres had an early lead and barely held on to beat the Atlanta Braves

After coming home from a seven-game road trip where they won three and lost four, the Padres faced the National ...

Padres lose to Blue Jays but Dodgers series will attract more attention

While Toronto managed to salvage one game of the three-game series with San Diego, attention turns towards Los Angeles and the Dodgers

So what did Sunday night prove in the long run? Not a lot. While the Padres would have loved a ...

Padres beat Blue Jays again

San Diego downs Toronto again, while we can easily belittle statistics in favor of asthetics

The Padres continue to do no wrong (or little wrong) in the last couple of games, battling the Toronto Blue ...

Takes a month for the Padres to beat the Blue Jays

In a game that started on May 31st and ended on June 1st, the Padres outlasted the Toronto Blue Jays in many several extra innings

The only planned marathon close to happening in San Diego is to take place on Monday, finishing near Petco Park, ...

Mariners get split with Padres in final Vedder Cup game of series

The balls launched out of Petco Park were hit by the Mariners as they end up even with the Padres in the four-game match

The Vedder Cup was decided on Wednesday but the day game on Thursday wrapped up the fourth and final leg ...

Vedder Cup secured as Padres slip by Mariners

It took ten innings, but the Padres ensured at least a series tie with the Seattle Mariners and assurance that the Vedder Cup will remain in San Diego

If only the Padres had a slew of pitchers like Eric Stults, the prolific offense they often seek wouldn’t be ...

Vedder Cup closer to remaining in San Diego as Padres down Mariners

The 2013 Vedder Cup can be decided on Wednesday evening, as the Padres even the four-game series with Seattle

Padres starting pitcher Edinson Volquez can be frustrating to watch, like in the second inning on Tuesday when he gave ...

Padres lose first leg of Vedder Cup to Mariners

The return of Padres starter Clayton Richard was entirely forgettable as Aaron Harang and the Mariners shut out the Friars

Anyone can put any sort of a spin on the return of Clayton Richard Monday night in the first leg ...

Diamondbacks take series over Padres

The Arizona Diamondbacks got some timely hitting as Jason Marquis was shaky, and the Padres dropped the series to the Snakes

Jason Marquis is the first to admit that he still hasn’t found his stride, in spite of coming into Sunday’s ...

Cashner rights ship as Padres roll over Diamondbacks

The offense pounded out 10 runs on 12 hits and Andrew Cashner was effective as the San Diego Padres evened the series with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Andrew Cashner has slowly drifted away from trying to blow everyone away with his blazing fastball and is concentrating more ...

Snakes bite Padres in Arizona

The Arizona Diamondbacks put up 5 runs in one inning to down the San Diego Padres at Chase Field

The San Diego Padres would like to forget the bottom of the seventh inning from Friday night’s game against the ...

Baseball's most nebulous statistic

Baseball is won in the standings, regardless of how many runs a team scores or doesn't score

How much does run differential – the measure of the difference between how many total runs a team scores and ...

Cardinals top Padres in clash of rookie pitchers

The Padres Burch Smith faltered while Tyler Lyons shined for St. Louis and the Cardinals beat the Padres to take the series.

Burch Smith, for the second time in his three-start major league career, failed to get out of the second inning. ...

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