Craig Stansberry News

Coaches would love to have a team full of players like Craig Stansberry. The baseball player from Plano led North Central Texas College to the 2001 JUCO World Series Championship, the only national championship ...

Pelicans: Bruce Dal Canton, a former high-school teacher who turned a good showing at a tryout camp into a long career as a major-league pitcher and coach, has died in Carnegie, Pa.

The Padres are in the midst of creating room on their 40-man roster, not a difficult task for a club that went 63-99 this year.

The San Diego Padres cleared three more spots from their 40-man roster on Wednesday when they outrighted infielder Craig Stansberry and right-handers Tim Stauffer and Kevin Cameron to Triple-A Portland.

Brian Barton, David Freese and Nick Stavinoha drove in three runs each, and P.J. Walters earned his eighth win as the Memphis Redbirds routed the Portland Beavers 15-4 Thursday night at AutoZone Park.

Brian Barton, David Freese and Nick Stavinoha drove in three runs each, and P.J. Walters earned his eighth win as the Memphis Redbirds routed the Portland Beavers 15-4 Thursday night at AutoZone Park.

Right fielder Kellen Kulbacki, who was the Padres' Minor League Player of the Month for June, homered and had two RBI as one of three Lake Elsinore players to go 4-for-5 in the Storm's 10-1 victory at Lancaster ...

Kellen Kulbacki and Stephen Faris have been selected by the Padres as their minor leaguers of the month.

Dave Roberts was 3-for-3 with a homer, triple, double and three RBIs, and the Fresno Grizzlies overcame an early three-run deficit with nine unanswered runs over a four-inning span on their way to a 10-6 ...

Travis Ishikawa logged three doubles and three RBIs and Scott McClain tallied three hits of his own, including the game-winning hit in the bottom of the ninth to rally the Fresno Grizzlies to an 8-7 ...

Catcher Colt Morton, who spent part of the past two seasons with the Padres, hit his first home for Triple-A Portland Monday night in an 11-10, 11-inning loss to Fresno in Portland.

Through eight innings Sunday in Portland, the Triple-A Beavers had no runs on three hits.

It's not exactly hitting a wall, but the Portland Beavers have yet to be more than four games above .500 this season.

The San Diego Padres today purchased the contract of catcher Nick Hundley, recalled Portland infielder Luis Rodriguez and optioned right-handed pitcher Clay Hensley to Portland.

Colorado Rockies relief pitcher Brian Fuentes, right, hands the ball to manager Clint Hurdle as catcher Chris Iannetta looks on as Fuentes leaves the game after giving up a single to drive in a run to San Diego ...

The San Diego Padres recalled right-hander Clay Hensley from Triple-A Portland on Tuesday.

Last season, San Diego and Colorado had to battle in an extra game to determine which team would get in the playoffs.

Injured pitcher Chris Young threw a simulated game Saturday as another step toward his recovery from a line drive to the face he suffered on May 21.

Utility man Craig Stansberry will start at second base today for the Padres, who have lost the first two games of a three-game series against the Twins.

The 3-1 loss to the Twins on Tuesday night was particularly frustrating for several players because the Padres didn't do the so-called little things that turned out to be big things.