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Game 90: Arizona Diamondbacks at San Diego Padres
Arizona Diamondbacks (44-45) at San Diego Padres (44-45), July 6, 2026, 6:40 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Petco Park – San Diego, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
San Diego gets back in win column heading home
After a week straight of losing games, the San Diego Padres finally put one back in the win column. With their win on Sunday afternoon, the club staved off the sweep against the Los Angeles Dodgers. That, thankfully, put an end to the Friars’ eight-game losing streak. It has felt like much longer than that, […]
Good Morning San Diego: Padres beat Dodgers to avoid sweep, snap losing streak
After eight grueling games the San Diego Padres have ended their losing streak with a 5-2 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers in the final game of their four-game series at Dodger Stadium. Not only was it the end of the losing streak, but it was also the end of the San Diego road trip […]
Game 89: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres (43-45) at Los Angeles Dodgers (59-31), July 5, 2026, 4:20 p.m. PST Watch: NBC Location: Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Padres unable to take advantage of stable pitching as skid hits eight games
The San Diego Padres have been unable to buy a win. Despite starter Griffin Canning surrendering just one run, the Friars couldn’t get anything on the board against Yoshinobu Yamamoto. The Los Angeles Dodgers’ ace went seven scoreless innings before the bullpen pitched two more to complete the shutout. San Diego managed just four hits […]
Good Morning San Diego: Nightmare road trip continues for Padres with another loss to Dodgers
The San Diego Padres could not find an answer for Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto and the result was a 3-0 loss at Dodger Stadium that extended the San Diego losing streak to eight games. The Padres had a promising start to the first inning when Fernando Tatis Jr. singled to start the game […]
Game 88: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres (43-44) at Los Angeles Dodgers (58-31), July 4, 2026, 7:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Slump of the year continues with Cronenworth error, grand slam in L.A.
Happy 250th birthday, America! What better way to celebrate than with the San Diego Padres (hopefully) breaking their losing streak tonight. The Friars had a heartbreaking continuation to their losing streak last night against the Los Angeles Dodgers. After Michael King had dominated for six innings, he was taken out in the seventh inning after […]
The decline of Jackson Merrill is an indictment of Padres mismanagement
The San Diego Padres’ dirty little secret is Jackson Merrill’s steady decline at the plate, and the organization avoids talking about his struggles. It is tough to suggest Merrill is mired in a slump when his batting average has dropped 81 points since the All-Star’s rookie season in 2024. Much of his decline stems from […]
Good Morning San Diego: Padres fall below .500 with another crushing loss to Dodgers
The San Diego Padres and their fans asked Michael King to take the mound and provide a performance that would allow them to have a chance to get a win over the Los Angeles Dodgers and snap their six-game losing streak. He did that, but an error by Jake Cronenworth followed by a poor pitch […]
Game 87: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres (43-43) at Los Angeles Dodgers (57-31), July 3, 2026, 7:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Padres pitching staff fumbles lead in pivotal game
The San Diego Padres are stuck in a funk. They’ve lost six games in a row and own a .500 record for the first time since April 8. It’s been a rough stretch that has only felt worse by the Friars’ inability to step up in big moment. The club went 3-for-9 with RISP last […]
Good Morning San Diego: Padres pitching continues to hemorrhage runs in loss to Dodgers
The San Diego Padres staked starter Randy Vasquez to a 6-0 lead after the first two innings against the Los Angeles Dodgers, but he quickly allowed four runs and was followed by Wandy Peralta who also allowed four runs as the Padres suffered their sixth consecutive loss with a 12-7 defeat at the hands of […]
MLBPA makes third CBA proposal
On Wednesday, during their regularly scheduled bargaining session, the union representing the players (MLBPA) made its third proposal to the MLB negotiating team. The proposal doesn’t include any financial adjustments other than those that come with roster use and manipulation. Following are the major points of the new proposal: An ongoing process This is the […]
Game 86: San Diego Padres at Los Angeles Dodgers
San Diego Padres (43-42) at Los Angeles Dodgers (56-31), July 2, 2026, 7:10 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Dodger Stadium – Los Angeles, Calif. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Chicago curb stomps San Diego with 23-run outburst
One of the least-swept teams in baseball found themselves on the wrong end of history yesterday. The San Diego Padres were swept for just the third time this season after the Chicago Cubs scored 23 runs against the Friars. That total ties the Padres’ record for runs allowed in a game. It was a tough […]
Padres head to Los Angeles looking to end the nightmare
The San Diego Padres are heading to Dodger Stadium, which has become their house of horrors. Rarely do the Padres play their best baseball in LA Since 2021, the Padres have a 16-33 record (.327 winning percentage) against the Los Angeles Dodgers at Chavez Ravine. After an embarrassing three days in Chicago, the Friars arrive […]
Good Morning San Diego: Disastrous start from Walker Buehler leads to blowout loss for Padres
Walker Buehler had been the most consistent starter in the San Diego Padres rotation, but that image took a critical hit when the right-hander allowed nine runs over the first three innings to the Chicago Cubs, and the Padres suffered an embarrassing 23-3 loss to cap a three-game sweep at Wrigley Field on Tuesday. Buehler […]
Padres have two prospects going to the Futures Game
The newly promoted players are settling in for the San Diego Padres’ minor league affiliates. Lake Elsinore is adapting to the loss of multiple high-output offensive players and one of their two best pitchers. They still managed to win two games in their six-game series. After electing free agency after being designated for assignment by […]
Game 85: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
San Diego Padres (43-41) at Chicago Cubs (48-38), July 1, 2026, 11:20 a.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Wrigley Field – Chicago, Ill. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Padres drop series in nine-homer slugfest
For a brief shining moment, it felt like the San Diego Padres might actually win this one. They did that thing they always do. They gave the Friar Faithful hope for a comeback only to snuff it out almost immediately. It’s easy to get down in moments like this one. Four consecutive losses to contending […]
Padres Reacts Survey: When will Michael King return to form?
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Padres fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. The starting rotation for the San Diego Padres has been performing below expectations for some time. […]
Good Morning San Diego: Padres cannot overcome JP Sears, lose to Cubs
Take a flyball pitcher in JP Sears and put him on the mound in Wrigley Field with the wind blowing out you get a final score that looks like a bad football game. That was the case Tuesday night when the San Diego Padres suffered a 9-7 loss to the Chicago Cubs. Sears was staked […]
Game 84: San Diego Padres at Chicago Cubs
San Diego Padres (43-40) at Chicago Cubs (47-38), June 30, 2026, 5:05 p.m. PST Watch: Padres.TV Location: Wrigley Field – Chicago, Ill. Listen: 97.3 The Fan Please remember our Game Day thread guidelines.
Heartbreak in Chicago: bad defense, worse hitting continue Padres skid
This was a game that the San Diego Padres could have easily won. The lineup put 11 runners in scoring position against the Chicago Cubs and only managed to convert two of them into runs. Because of that, Chicago was able to walk off the Friars, becoming the first, and only, team to do so […]
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