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Rockies roll Padres
The Padres have now lost ten straight as the Rockies come to town and take the first game of three in the series
After a ten-game road trip that saw the Padres lose nine straight, the hope was that coming home would stop their nose-dive and the club could right the ship. It didn’t happen on Monday as the Colorado Rockies shut down …
Nationals down Padres who are swept again
The San Diego Padres limp home after going 1-9 and swept twice on horrible road trip
Robbie Erlin is only 22 years old, and the Padres starter is going to have to learn as he goes at times pitching to major league hitters. Sunday didn’t go so swell for him as the Padres lost to the …
Red Sox complete sweep of Padres
The Padres surrendered to the Red Sox on Independence Day, losing their sixth straight game
It was a combination of symptoms for two teams moving in opposite directions, with one club enjoying effective pitching and a prolific offense, while the other displays neither. Such was the case on Thursday as the Boston Red Sox enjoyed …
Padres help Red Sox to early fireworks
The Red Sox walked off in the bottom of the ninth as the Padres help Boston celebrate an early Independence Day
There are as many ways for a baseball team to fail as there is for a baseball team to win. Obviously. With the Padres, at least they are consistent when they fail, like on Wednesday when the Boston Red Sox …
Padres punked by Red Sox and continue to tread water
The Padres aren't losing ground but the rest of the teams in the division suck so losses haven't mattered much
So the Padres drop three of four games in Miami to the Marlins, where one might have figured that the Friars had a reasonable expectation to take three of four. Then on to Boston to face the Red Sox on …
Padres bull pen fails again as Marlins win
The Padres relief corps isn't what it has been for the past few seasons as the Marlins win in grand walk-off fashion
In baseball, every starting pitcher is going to have a combination of good starts and bad starts, with more good starts resulting in helping the team get wins. On Sunday, Andrew Cashner had a good start for the Padres, but …
Unsubstantiated rumor claims that Marlins beat the Padres
According to sources which cannot be confirmed as reliable, the Miami Marlins beat the San Diego Padres
Major League Baseball’s deal with the Fox Network includes some sort of provision that when Fox shows a game to a National audience, other games being played in that time slot can’t be shown on their normal regional television coverage. …
Padres spear Marlins to get back to even
The Padres are back to .500 after beating the Marlins and close to 2 1/2 games behind division lead
The Padres got off to a good start on the 10-game road trip, beating the Miami Marlins 9-2 on Friday night in the first game of a four-game wrap-around series. Padres starter Edinson Volquez had a nice outing, walking only …
Padres trade rumors might be off the mark
With so many fans and sports experts in media claiming the Padres need more starting pitching to compete, will the club see things the same way?
With the Padres splitting four games against the Los Angeles Dodgers and then losing two of three to the Philadelphia Phillies, leaving on a 10-game road trip back East could have started with a better home stand prior to departure. …
Padres split with Dodgers and Padres fans ready to fire everyone
Social media suggests that the Padres fans are ready to see the club part ways with important pieces of the team
Four games with the Dodgers at Petco Park, and the Padres take the first two and drop the second two. Fan reaction? For two days they sang the praises of the club, and for two days they wanted half of …
Padres continue to roll over the Dodgers
The Padres win their second straight over the beleaguered Los Angeles Dodgers and where does this end?
When the Padres dropped two of three in San Francisco, falling back to .500 and back into fourth place in the National League West, twitter and Facebook lit up with such negativity. The Padres come home and win the first …
Giants come back to beat Padres again
For the second night, the Padres bull pen fails to hold a lead and the Giants prevail
Padres starter Eric Stults certainly pitched well enough to win, but the bull pen failed his outstanding effort, something that has been happening far too often this season. Wednesday, the Giants came back to win 4-2, and take the rubber …
Giants put an end to Padres streak
The Padres didn't go down without a fight, but the Giants finally got to the Friars bull pen late
You knew it had to come to an end sometime. On Tuesday, the San Francisco Giants broke the Padres seven game winning streak with a 5-4 victory at AT&T Park. It was a well-played and close game throughout, with heroics …
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 coupled with a loss by the division-leading Arizona Diamondbacks, the Friars are only one game behind the Snakes. The Padres …
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 division leaders and sweeping their second series in a row. Behind the pitching of Clayton Richard and the power bats …
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 any point in the season, much less before the All-Star break. But on Saturday night, the Padres did just that …
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 complete game. Behind Stults, the Padres defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks, 2-1. Giving up the run on just two hits and …
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 along well below even on the season. Three games later, the tables have been turned as the scrappy Padres beat …
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 evening where the prolific hitting seen lately took the night off. San Diego put up one run in each of …
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 become the rare giveaway, everything from beach towels to pet scarves to tee-shirts to bobble-head dolls. During such giveaways, the …