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This worked, and nothing else has. For the Dodgers, the deciding game of their National League Division Series against the San Diego Padres on Friday should be a bullpen game. Bullpen games aren’t a sustainable remedy for their starting-pitching problems, as the relievers would be quickly spent if eight of them pitched in every game. “We’ve said it all year: …

2024 MLB Division Series: Mets rally past Phillies, Yankees survive, Ohtani homers

These 10 ex-Dodgers are in the postseason. Who has the best shot at winning the World Series?

Trea Turner was a Dodgers star for a year and a half. Both shortstops are key cogs on teams eyeing a World Series title and perhaps spoiling the Dodgers’ dreams along the way. Let’s take a look at each one: Trey Sweeney, SS, Tigers: The 20th overall pick in the 2021 draft by the Yankees out of Eastern Illinois, Sweeney …

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Padres secure home Wild Card Series with 5-3 win over Diamondbacks, who slide in NL playoff race

PHOENIX — Luis Arraez hit two doubles and a triple, Yu Darvish pitched 5 1/3 gritty innings and the San Diego Padres used a four-run first to beat the sliding Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Friday night. 4 spot in the National League bracket, meaning they’ll host a best-of-three Wild Card Series next week in San Diego. The Padres never trailed, …

Japanese star pitcher Yu Darvish, battling back from an injury that cut short his 2023 Major League Baseball campaign, plans to be ready for San Diego's season-opening series in Seoul next month. HT Image The 37-year-old right-hander, who helped Japan win the World Baseball Classic last year and in 2009, threw 32 pitches in a simulated inning on Friday and …

San Diego Padres owner Peter Seidler, who spent big in pursuit of a World Series title, dies at 63

SAN DIEGO — Peter Seidler loved to dream out loud about a World Series parade for his San Diego Padres and their long-suffering fans. “Putting a great and winning team on the field in San Diego year after year is sustainable.” Seidler, who grew up around the game as a third-generation member of the O’Malley family that used to own …

The Dodgers blinked first. Dodgers Dodgers shut out over final six innings in NLDS Game 2 loss to Padres The Dodgers struggle to generate offense in a 5-3 loss to the San Diego Padres in Game 2 of the National League Division Series. “Hit a little bit softer than I thought, tried going more of it with my hands at …

San Diego pitcher Yu Darvish watches from the dugout during Game 2 of the Padres’ National League wild-card series against the New York Mets. I really don’t think too much about it.” A touchy-feely Darvish will start Game 2 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers Wednesday night, the right-hander’s first playoff appearance in Chavez Ravine since Game …

Julio Urías has a tough night as Dodgers drop series opener to Padres

Dodgers pitcher Julio Urías looks down as the Padres’ Manny Machado rounds the bases after hitting a three-run homer during the first inning Monday night in San Diego. Two months ago, when the Dodgers and San Diego Padres squared off for the first time in 2021, their three-game series was billed as a clash between the top teams in the …