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 Los Angeles Dodgers and San Francisco Giants will break a National League West deadlock on Saturday night, when they play the second in a three-game series at Dodger Stadium.

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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.

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.

San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee delivers the slide of the year, but the Giants fall 1–0 to the Padres in extra innings.

ESPN MLB writer Bradford Doolittle linked Chicago White Sox All-Star center fielder Luis Robert Jr. to the San Diego Padres as a possible solution to their left field woes. Robert, an All-Star in 2023,

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.