The San Diego Padres lost their first game of a three-game set with the Dodgers on Friday. The Padres earned the lead but ...

Clayton Kershaw allows just two hits in six innings and the bullpen makes the lead stand up over the final three innings in a 3-2 win, as the Dodgers regain a share of first place.

Padres second. Xander Bogaerts grounds out to third base, Alex Freeland to Freddie Freeman. Jackson Merrill flies out to left field to Michael Conforto. Ramon Laureano homers to left field.

Making the Padres' Opening Day roster last year as a 21-year-old, Merrill's first year resulted in a top-10 finish in NL MVP voting, an All-Star Game selection, a runner-up to Paul Skenes in the ...

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On Wednesday afternoon, staring down a 4-3 deficit, Arizona Diamondbacks second baseman Ketel Marte did it again. Marte had crushed his second two-out, go-ahead ...

Padres second. Jackson Merrill flies out to left field to Heliot Ramos. Xander Bogaerts walks. Ryan O'Hearn singles to shallow left field. Xander Bogaerts to second. Ramon Laureano walks.

Nick Pivetta induces a pop-up, which Jackson Merrill catches to escape a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the 3rd inning ...

Merrill had largely served as the clean-up hitter all year, but he moved to sixth on Sunday as the Padres gave newcomer Ryan O’Hearn a look in the four-hole. O’Hearn was clean-up hitter again Monday ...

Additionally, Padres star Jackson Merrill revealed how closely the Friars follow their California rivals, the Los Angeles Dodgers. San Diego is set to go through another intense series with Los ...

Padres have made up nine games on Dodgers in the past six weeks; good pitchers no longer getting best of Padres on regular ...

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