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SAN DIEGO -- The Padres polished off a four-game sweep of the Rockies with a 7-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at Petco Park. They’ve won five straight and eight of nine. This weekend marked their first four-game sweep of Colorado since 1999. But those good vibes come with a caveat.

After a slow start, the Padres’ offense is starting to mash. According to manager Craig Stammen, there’s not really any secret to it. “We’ve got good players,” he said, coyly. “And they can hit homers.”

No, it’s not a typo in the box score. Fernando Tatis Jr. was the Padres’ starting second baseman Saturday night in San Diego. Seemingly out of nowhere, Tatis -- the two-time Platinum Glove Award-winning right fielder -- made his first career start at second base in the Padres’ 9-5 victory

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres are swapping one high-leverage righty reliever for another -- and one injury concern for another. They activated Jason Adam from the 15-day injured list ahead of Friday’s game against the Rockies at Petco Park. But in a corresponding move, right-hander Jeremiah Estrada landed on the

SAN DIEGO -- Good luck scoring against Mason Miller these days. Heck, good luck even making contact. Miller was again at his dominant best on Friday night, never mind the fact that he was pitching for the third time in as many days. The Padres relief ace struck out all

SAN DIEGO -- Xander Bogaerts on Thursday, Gavin Sheets on Friday. The Padres are making late drama a bit of a habit.

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SAN DIEGO -- Mason Miller’s dominance gets more absurd with every outing.

SAN DIEGO -- Slam Diego is back. In style.

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres’ new City Connect uniforms are in -- and they’re once again defined by their vibrant colors and a nod to the cultural history of the region. On Thursday, MLB unveiled the City Connect uniforms for a handful of teams -- including the Padres’ colorful new

PITTSBURGH -- The Padres completed a winning road trip with an 8-2 victory over the Pirates on Wednesday afternoon at PNC Park. “Really good road trip,” said manager Craig Stammen, whose team went 4-2 on the two-city tour after also winning two of three at Fenway Park over the weekend.

PITTSBURGH -- Mason Miller is currently the Majors’ most dominant closer, in the midst of a scoreless streak that dates back to last August and spans both the postseason and the World Baseball Classic. Miller had struck out nine straight hitters entering his outing on Wednesday afternoon, then ran that

PITTSBURGH -- Nick Pivetta and Paul Skenes dueled on Tuesday night at PNC Park. And although Skenes, the Pirates’ superstar right-hander, came out victorious, it was hard to fault the Padres’ pitching staff. Even in a 7-1 defeat. Pittsburgh took full advantage of some seeing-eye singles and some shaky Pades

PITTSBURGH -- The Padres haven’t had a National League Rookie of the Year Award winner since 1987, when Benito Santiago took home the honor. It’s the longest drought for any club. But here’s the thing: If Jackson Merrill were a rookie in nearly any other season -- or, heck, if

PITTSBURGH -- The Padres kept the good vibes rolling right into Pittsburgh on Monday night, winning their series opener against the Pirates, 5-0, at PNC Park. After a slow start to the season, San Diego (5-5) has now won three straight and is back to .500. More importantly, the two

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BOSTON -- Nobody in the San Diego clubhouse preaches a process-oriented approach more than Manny Machado. Sure, the Padres had begun the season slowly on offense. But their at-bats were quality, Machado insisted. Their approach was the correct one. They were doing all the right things at the plate. Eventually,

BOSTON -- Ramón Laureano, the Padres’ best hitter so far this season, delivered their biggest hit so far this season -- breaking open a tie game in the ninth inning on Saturday and sending San Diego to a much-needed 3-2 victory over the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

BOSTON -- Fernando Tatis Jr. has never struck out five times in a big league baseball game -- but he found himself on the brink at a frigid Fenway Park on Saturday night. Tatis punched out in each of his first four at-bats, lowering his early-season batting average to .172.

BOSTON -- These two things can be true simultaneously:

1. The Padres’ offense has been unlucky.
2. The Padres’ offense -- even when accounting for that bad luck -- has not been good enough. On a pristine Friday afternoon at Fenway Park, San Diego dropped its fifth game out of

SAN DIEGO -- Late Tuesday night, after a fourth loss in five games to start the season, new Padres manager Craig Stammen approached bench coach Randy Knorr with a plea. Stammen felt he wasn’t getting his lineup quite right. He was exasperated. His offense had underperformed, and he was exhausting

SAN DIEGO -- On Friday night, Mason Miller watched from the bullpen as the Padres let an eighth-inning lead slip away. He never even got loose.

SAN DIEGO -- One turn through, the questions about the back end of the Padres’ starting rotation are as glaring as they’ve ever been. Right-hander Germán Márquez was hit hard in his Padres debut, as San Diego dropped a second straight to the Giants, 9-3, on Tuesday night at Petco

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres dropped Monday’s series opener against the Giants, 3-2, at Petco Park. Jackson Merrill launched a two-run homer in the ninth to account for the entirety of the offense -- but otherwise, there wasn’t much to quell any concerns about the back of the rotation and