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Nick Pivetta allowed a leadoff home run to Jung Hoo Lee that saw the San Francisco Giants jump out to a 1-0 lead over the San Diego Padres after two pitches. That was the only run he or any other Padres pitcher allowed as San Diego earned a 5-1 win at Petco Park, Tuesday.

Tensions are always high when the San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers. But one weekend a season, the two teams come together to represent the National

This week, the Padres sent out a statement about the city of San Diego’s decision to raise parking meter rates around Petco Park during major events.

Kevin O’Connor is joined by Wosny Lambre to hand out offseason grades across the Eastern and Western Conferences, and EuroBasket.kev an Wos question if the Warriors’ front office is really all-in on winning a title, celebrate Denver’s upgrade from MPJ to Cam Johnson, and push back on the hype surrounding OKC’s long-term dynasty odds.

The San Diego Padres and San Francisco Giants have split the first two games of their four-game set this week, but the Giants have fallen out of the playoff hun

BOTTOM LINE: The San Diego Padres face the San Francisco Giants on Wednesday. San Diego has a 70-56 record overall and a 39-21 record at home. Padres hitters are batting a collective .251, which ranks fourth in the NL.

San Diego Padres right fielder Fernando Tatis Jr. looks on as security guards chase a young fan running on the field during the eighth inning of a game against the San Francisco Giants at Petco Park. When an adult runs onto the field at an MLB game, it's common for the crowd to cheer after security has wrangled down the trespasser.

The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Yu Darvish gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Padres were left clawing back and did so, tying the game up at four in the eighth inning. However, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts then hit a go-ahead home run that clinched the series.

A young kid at a San Diego Padres game found out the hard way that security makes no exceptions when it comes to fans running onto the field. At one point in the game between the Padres and San Francisco Giants at Petco Park Tuesday night,

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

The Dodgers lost in an absolutely unacceptable fashion on Monday night, when two Teoscar Hernández misplays directly led to a walk-off win for the Rockies, but they got some consolation when the Padres also fell to the Giants, allowing LA to maintain their two-game lead.