Shohei Ohtani shines as Dodgers lead the NL West, despite injuries. Former Mets exec says Padres and Giants have no shot.

As noted in this week's Soapbox on how the schedule isn't up to par this season -- nor has it been for years -- the Padres and the Dodgers just played each other for the first tim

Los Angeles Dodgers star Mookie Betts before a baseball game against the San Francisco Giants in San Francisco, Wednesday, May 15, 2024. San Francisco Giants fans are certainly doing their part to maintain the intensity of the team’s NL West rivalries.

The D-backs have won seven of 10 and are coming off a three-game sweep of the Mariners at home, where they are 18-17. Arizona is 6½ games off the Dodgers’ pace. The D-backs rank 19th in the majors with a minus-4 run differential, third in OPS (.782), 24th in rotation ERA (4.50) and 27th in bullpen ERA (5.21).

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Robbie Ray struck out nine in seven innings and became the National League’s first eight-game winner as the San Francisco Giants beat the San Diego Padres 3-2.

Following a shocking flurry of roster moves, the Giants erased a five-run deficit against the San Diego Padres to beat their divisional rival, 6-5, snapping a streak of 16 consecutive games without scoring more than four runs.

San Diego Padres star Manny Machado joined an exclusive club on Thursday during the team's loss against the San Francisco Giants.

Manny Machado had four hits, including a two-run single that tied the score with two outs in the ninth inning, and Jake Cronenworth drove in the go-ahead run in the 10th as the San Diego Padres rallied past the San Francisco Giants 3-2.

Any hope that the San Francisco Giants will get their Gold Glove third baseman back in 10 days is no longer in the cards.