Rookie Bellinger homers twice, Dodgers beat Padres 8-2
Rookie Cody Bellinger homered twice and drove in four runs, and Kenta Maeda and five relievers combined on a four-hitter in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday.
Rookie Cody Bellinger homered twice and drove in four runs, and Kenta Maeda and five relievers combined on a four-hitter in the Los Angeles Dodgers' 8-2 win over the San Diego Padres on Friday.
Even though you probably can't name many players on the Padres' roster, they have shown positive developments moving forward.
Ryan Hanigan's RBI infield single in the 11th inning lifted the Colorado Rockies to a 3-2 victory over the San Diego Padres on Thursday.
Two fans were injured when they were hit by a bat that flew into the stands at Petco Park. The Padres said the injuries don't appear to be serious.
There were plenty of long balls hit on Wednesday, but none of them were close to the 467-footer Marcell Ozuna hit against the Rays.
Ian Desmond hit two home runs off Jered Weaver and drove in three runs to help rookie right-hander Antonio Senzatela and the Rockies beat the sloppy Padres 11-3 on Wednesday night.
Arizona coach Rich Rodriguez has invited Donavan Tate, the No. 3 overall pick in the 2009 MLB draft, to join the Wildcats football team as a walk-on.
The Colorado Rockies have placed catcher Tony Wolters on the seven-day concussion disabled list. In addition, the team has reinstated leftie Mike Dunn.
Manuel Margot still needs to become more consistent on offense, but has been one of the best defensive center fielders in baseball so far this season. Renfroe needs to improve his contact ability.
The three longest home runs traveled at least 445 feet on Tuesday, led by Miguel Sano's third-inning blast against the Athletics.
Yangervis Solarte and Ryan Schimpf hit back-to-back home runs off Tyler Chatwood in the sixth inning and the San Diego Padres beat the Colorado Rockies 6-2 Tuesday night.
The first month of the 2017 season did not go well for the Padres, whose floundering offense coupled with pitching that ranked among baseball's bottom 10 in two important categories has the team sputtering out of the gate.
What's up with Wil Myers? He homers in the 12th inning to beat the Giants and has seven home runs, 16 extra-base hits and a .310 average. He also has the absurdly bad ratio of 34 strikeouts and just two walks. All that good to go with a whole bunch of bad as well.
Wil Myers hit a three-run homer in the top of the 12th inning to send the San Diego Padres past the San Francisco Giants 5-2 on Sunday.
Wil Myers hit a three-run homer to cap San Diego's eight-run sixth inning and the Padres rallied to beat the San Francisco Giants 12-4 on Saturday night.
Rookie Christian Arroyo homered, Brandon Belt had three hits including a double, and the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 4-3 on Friday night.
This surely a short-term membership for San Diego's Ryan Schimpf, but when he homered tonight, he joined a list that includes Babe Ruth and Carlos Zambrano. According to baseball-reference.com, that trio and five others are the only ones to hit six homers in a season with zero doubles and zero triples. Six of Schimpf's nine hits so far have been homers. It's only April of course but, still, it'll be a little sad when Schimpf hits his first two- or three-bagger. He's in such rarefied company.
Ryan Schimpf continues to mash on the road. The Padres infielder launched a 423-foot long ball to center in the fifth inning against the Giants on Friday.
Taijuan Walker matched a career high with 11 strikeouts over eight innings, Chris Owings hit a pair of solo homers and the Arizona Diamondbacks beat the San Diego Padres 6-2 Thursday night.
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colorado | 18 | 12 | .600 | - | L1 |
| Arizona | 18 | 13 | .581 | 0.5 | W1 |
| Los Angeles | 16 | 14 | .533 | 2 | W1 |
| San Diego | 12 | 19 | .387 | 6.5 | L3 |
| San Francisco | 11 | 19 | .367 | 7 | L1 |






