San Diego Padres News

Sep 2, 2013; San Diego, CA, USA; San Francisco Giants starting pitcher Barry Zito throws during the second inning against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

July 12, 2014; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Los Angeles Dodgers starting pitcher Paul Maholm pitches the first inning against the San Diego Padres at Dodger Stadium.

Pitch No. 116 for Kennedy was yet another heater with some fuzz, this time 96 mph.

His bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the ninth inning lifted the Dodgers 1-0 victory over the San Diego Padres and increased his RBI total to seven.

The left-hander hadn't started a game in two months; his last start was an abject disaster, a 10-run, 11-out affair in Miami on May 14 which relegated him to the bullpen.

The Padres' first-round Draft pick, No. 13 overall, is on the move -- and moving up.

Padres' 2nd. baseman Jace Peterson stops this ground ball hit by Mariners' Robinson Cano.

Dan Haren pitched much better last season after the All-Star break than he did before it - and he's hoping the same scenario will play out this time around.

Carlos Quentin drove in three runs, Alexi Amarista homered and Jesse Hahn pitched six solid innings, leading the San Diego Padres to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

Carlos Quentin drove in three runs, Alexi Amarista homered and Jesse Hahn pitched six solid innings, leading the San Diego Padres to a 6-3 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Friday night.

The San Antonio Missions, San Diego's AA affiliate, scored six runs Thursday evening on 11 hits, four of which were doubles and one that went out of the park.

Lincecum allowed three hits over seven scoreless innings to beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-0, winning his fourth straight start and continuing the conversation of a career transformation.

The Padres interviewed their eighth -- and possibly most intriguing -- candidate for the general manager vacancy on Friday, Kim Ng, who is the senior vice president of baseball operations for Major League Baseball.

The Diamondbacks catcher was named to the National League squad Friday to replace injured St. Louis Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina, who is on the disabled list because of a torn thumb ligament.

Jun 3, 2014; Detroit, MI, USA; Detroit Tigers relief pitcher Joe Nathan walks off the field after being relieved in the ninth inning against the Toronto Blue Jays at Comerica Park.

Clayton Kershaw prepares to deliver a pitch in the first inning of the Dodgers' 2-1 win Thursday over the San Diego Padres.

A well-needed rest is near, but Dodgers manager Don Mattingly doesn't want his team to look too far ahead quite yet.

's consecutive scoreless-innings streak came to an abrupt end Thursday, though his dominant run rolled on against the Padres.

Jun 16, 2014; Seattle, WA, USA; Seattle Mariners catcher Mike Zunino and relief pitcher Tom Wilhelmsen celebrate after defeating the San Diego Padres at Safeco Field.

Kershaw has been lights-out this season and carries a 36 consecutive scoreless innings streak into this series.