Lourdes Gurriel Jr. sets MLB record with home run off 103.9-mph pitch
Lourdes Gurriel Jr. took his time.The Arizona Diamondbacks designated hitter didn’t swing at the first two pitches he saw from San Diego Padres reliever Mason…
Cost of parking at a Padres game now rivals that of Dodger Stadium
Parking at Petco Park, home of the San Diego Padres, is a distinctly different experience than parking at Dodger Stadium. It’s about to be similar,…
The Giants just made a big trade. Will the Dodgers make one too?
If you’re a major league team trying to move a $250-million contract, what other team would you likely call first?The Dodgers, of course.On Sunday, the…
Photos: Shohei Ohtani pitches for first time for the Dodgers
All eyes are on Shohei Ohtani, as he made his long-awaited return to the pitching mound and delivered his first pitches as a member of…
Despite a quiet offseason, Padres holding their own in tough NL West
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. sat in front of his locker late Monday night, assessing his San Diego Padres in the wake of an extra-inning loss…
Fernando Tatis Jr.’s walk-off homer lifts Padres over Angels
SAN DIEGO — Fernando Tatis Jr. hit a two-run 430-foot walk-off homer to centerfield to give the San Diego Padres a comeback 6-4 victory over the Angels…
Taylor Ward’s ninth-inning grand slam gives Angels win over Padres
SAN DIEGO — Taylor Ward hit a grand slam to cap a six-run ninth inning, and the Angels beat the San Diego Padres 9-5 on Monday night.The…
Tommy Pham suspended, fined for crude hand-jerking gesture at Angel fans
Tommy Pham was diagnosed with a progressive degenerative eye disease in 2008, six years before he made his major league debut. Keratoconus causes the cornea…
Shaikin: Sell? Move? Tank? Is this the end of the Padres’ Camelot Era?
Ninety days ago, the San Diego Padres closed within one game of eliminating the Dodgers in the National League Division Series. On their march to…
Dodgers agree to sign two-time Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell
The Dodgers won the World Series last season in spite of their short-handed pitching.Next year, they hope a reinforced staff can be the key to…
Inside the new mindset fueling the Dodgers’ playoff run
On the darkest night of their season last week, the Dodgers didn’t linger in their hushed home clubhouse.The team had just been blown out in…
Dodgers’ Kiké Hernández renews reputation for playoff heroics
Reggie Jackson will always be “Mr. October” in the minds of baseball fans, but around these parts, that moniker could be attached to a lesser-known…
Francisco Lindor grand slam powers Mets past Phillies and into NLCS
NEW YORK — Francisco Lindor hit a grand slam in the sixth inning, his latest clutch swing in an extraordinary season full of them, and the…
Dodgers can’t complete comeback in NLDS Game 3 loss to Padres
SAN DIEGO — In the run-up to this week’s National League Division Series, it was the quietest player on the Dodgers roster who delivered the most…
How ‘Beat L.A.’ became entrenched in Dodgers-Padres rivalry
SAN DIEGO — I walked into the Dodgers’ team store the other day and asked whether I could buy any “Beat SD” merchandise. Of course not.I…
No arrests at Dodger Stadium as fans threw at players, scuffled
Fans bounded onto the field, threw balls and water bottles at players and possibly took a few swings at one another at Dodger Stadium this…
Did Dodgers fans motivate San Diego Padres to NLDS Game 2 win?
If the intent of the Dodgers fans who threw two baseballs at San Diego Padres left fielder Jurickson Profar and a water bottle, beer can…
Jurickson Profar sets tone for Padres in Game 2 win over Dodgers
The home run music started blaring through the Dodger Stadium speakers. Mookie Betts began rounding the bases and pointing toward the bullpen.Just like the previous…
Dodgers concerned about Yoshinobu Yamamoto tipping pitches?
The Dodgers anointed Shohei Ohtani as the highest-paid player in baseball history last December. In his first postseason game with the Dodgers, the $700-million man…
Freddie Freeman’s ‘borderline miracle’ stolen base enthuses Dodgers
It wasn’t the most stunning October moment delivered by a gimpy Dodgers player in Chavez Ravine. That honor will always go to Kirk Gibson, who…