Marlins Finally Beat Padres in Florida
Statisticians will tell you that there is no such thing as a law of averages, while baseball writers will tell you that streaks come to an end eventually. Baseball players just play the game, and even hopeless romantics will likely …
Padres Spear Marlins, 7-2
It was a homecoming of sorts for two Padres players, Yasmani Grandal and Yonder Alonso - both of whom attended the University of Miami - and with family and friends in the stands in Miami, both made the most of …
Padres Salvage Game in Series with Giants
After losing the first two games of the three-game series against the Giants, the Padres got an excellent pitching performance from Jason Marquis while Jesus Guzman socked a pair of homers as San Diego salvaged the third game on Wednesday …
Giants Ensure Padres Series Win Streak Over
After a successful home stand culminating with a win on Sunday against the Colorado Rockies to take their third series in a row, the Padres hit the road on Monday. First stop: San Francisco, to face the division-leading Giants. Monday …
In Twelve Wild Innings, Padres Lose to Rockies
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/22/28381/ In a wild game that took more than nine innings to complete, the Colorado Rockies overcame a Padres rally to tie the score in the bottom of the eighth inning, and survived a near walk-off hit in the bottom …
Offense Rolls as Padres Pound Rockies
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/21/28368/ After scoring just one combined run against the Astros on Thursday night, the Padres and the Rockies seemed primed for some offense, and neither team disappointed. The Padres simply outslugged their division rivals Friday evening and prevailed, 9-5. The …
Colorado Rockies Manager Jim Tracy Speaks About Tragedy in Denver
As has been widely reported, 12 people were killed and 59 injured in a theater by a lone gunman at a midnight showing of "The Dark Knight Rises" on Thursday night/Friday morning. The incident is largest mass shooting in U.S. …
Volquez One-hits Astros, Padres Win
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/20/28325/ In baseball, a no-hitter doesn't come along very often and when it does, the pitcher is immortalized on a sacred list of other pitchers who have tied a record that can never be broken. The Padres have never had …
Yonder Alonso Is Double Trouble As Padres Beat Astros
http://sandiegoreader.com/users/photos/2012/jul/18/28266/ Yonder Alonso is a doubles machine and now leads all Major League Baseball rookies with 22 on the season, but now he's done something that not even Tony Gwynn or Adrian Gonzalez managed to do. Alonso now has his …
Padres Split First Two of Four With Astros
After being shut out 2-0 to the Houston Astros on Monday, squandering several scoring opportunities, the Padres pounded out 13 hits Tuesday evening in route to a 8-2 victory over Houston. The Padres were 5 for 9 with runners in …
Dodgers Gift Padres With Win and Series
It's a box score you might see at your local little league field, with seven total errors including five from the Dodgers, but the Padres will take it. Those Dodgers errors combined with solid hitting and a crafty performance from …
Cabrera, Padres Rob the Dodgers
Everth Cabrera is a perfect thief, having stolen 16 of 16 bases this season, but the heist he pulled off Saturday was by far the most brazen theft in his career. Cabrera stole home and forced a throwing error by …
Dodgers Best the Padres in Battle of Claytons
Two Claytons, Richard and Kershaw battled it out Friday night at Chavez Ravine, in a true pitcher's duel that lived up to its billing. While the Padres staked themselves to a 1-0 lead early, all it took was one swing …
Rumors, Rumors, and More Rumors
That gibberish you'll be hearing or reading from Major League Baseball news from now until July 31st will mostly be completely unsubstantiated trade interests. Teams have until July 31st at 1:00 PM PDST to freely make trades without having to …
Padres 2012 Midseason Report Card and Analysis
The San Diego Padres, having reached the half-way point in the 2012 season, will hobble back out of the All-Star Game break a mere three percentage points out of last place in the National League West. With a record of …
Huston Street Represents Padres For 2012 All-Star Game
The Major League Baseball summer break is upon us, those few days in July that frame the All-Star game, the game that is supposed to mean something now (between the National and American leagues where the game winner ensures home-field …
Padres Complete Three-game Sweep of Diamondbacks
Which team in Major League Baseball currently owns the longest current winning streak? Incredibly, it's the San Diego Padres. The Padres just swept the Arizona Diamondbacks and have now won five games in a row. Baseball is a crazy game. …
Padres On a Roll, Take Down the Diamondbacks
After leaving Colorado with a series win, the rubber game a 2-0 shutout engineered by new Padres pitcher Kip Wells, the San Diego Padres traveled to Phoenix to battle a better team in the Arizona Diamondbacks. Padres starter Clayton Richard …
Volquez Gets Support, Padres Beat Rockies
Edinson Volquez hasn't always been the beneficiary of the offense he deserved in order to win more games this season. Perhaps living karma is real, then, because Volquez wasn't exactly brilliant on Saturday, but he did just enough and the …