Bleacher Report's Joel Reuter came out with an early mock draft next season, and points to San Diego taking Gio Rojas. Rojas, a left-handed pitcher from Stoneman Douglas HS in Florida, can also run his fastball up to 97 mph.

The Los Angeles Dodgers swept the San Diego Padres in the three-game series at Dodger Stadium. Yu Darvish gave up four runs in the first inning, and the Padres were left clawing back and did so, tying the game up at four in the eighth inning. However, Dodgers shortstop Mookie Betts then hit a go-ahead home run that clinched the series.

LOS ANGELES — It was touted as the biggest series of the month. It was billed as a potential passing of the torch, with the San Diego Padres threatening to win the National League West for the first time in 19 years. Instead, Sunday’s finale ended in a three-game sweep — and a relatively convincing one, at that.

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Since the trade, the A's have had all of one save situation on their schedule, which came last Sunday against the Baltimore Orioles. Trailing 2-1 entering the top of the ninth, the A's scored twice to take a 3-2 lead, and decided to leave right-hander Elvis Alvarado in the game since manager Mark Kotsay liked how he was throwing the ball.

A young kid at a San Diego Padres game found out the hard way that security makes no exceptions when it comes to fans running onto the field. At one point in the game between the Padres and San Francisco Giants at Petco Park Tuesday night,

The NL West is still up for grabs, but the Padres must first secure a wildcard berth. Every player in the locker room cannot lose faith that the offense will get going again. Reversing their recent struggles could be the headline of this homestand.

Tensions are always high when the San Diego Padres face the Los Angeles Dodgers. But one weekend a season, the two teams come together to represent the National