The second inning didn’t go according to plan, but Julio Urías’ performance did. Urías turned in another stellar outing as the Dodgers’ bulk-innings reliever, allowing only one unearned run over five innings to help Los Angeles complete a sweep of the Padres with a resounding 12-3 win in Game 3

Last week, they swept the Brewers. This week, they swept the Padres. The Dodgers, on what they believe is a methodical march to a past-due world championship, took another necessary step Thursday night by overwhelming the undermanned Padres, 12-3, clinching the National League Division Series at Globe Life Field in

Will Smith came to the plate in the second inning Thursday night without a hit in his first 11 at-bats this postseason. Staring at a .000 batting average in October might bother some veteran players, much less a 25-year-old with fewer than 100 games in the Majors.

Justin Turner added another Dodgers record to his resume in the third inning of Thursday night’s 12-3 victory over the Padres in Game 3 of the National League Division Series with his 64th postseason base hit.

In a season unlike any before it, the Padres made a statement in 2020. One of the most exciting teams in franchise history put forth one of the most successful seasons in franchise history. They became “Slam Diego.” And with one of the youngest rosters in baseball, there’s more to

What could the Dodgers and Padres possibly have in store for an encore? After they played arguably the most dramatic game of the postseason -- a tense and contentious 6-5 Los Angeles victory on Wednesday night -- the NL West rivals are back at it for Game 3 of the

Hours before stepping up to the plate against Clayton Kershaw at Globe Life Field, Manny Machado said the one thing the Padres needed more than anything was to play with energy, to “play the Padre baseball we’ve been playing all year and not worry about anything else.” What screams “Padre

The Dodgers countered Manny Machado’s epic bat flip with an epic glove flip. Cody Bellinger made a sensational leaping catch at the center-field wall at Globe Life Field to rob Fernando Tatis Jr. of a potential go-ahead home run in the seventh inning of the Dodgers' 6-5 win over the

Fernando Tatis Jr. connected well enough -- a 105 mph rocket to straightaway center field. But there would be no bat flip this time. Tatis genuinely couldn’t tell whether he’d gotten enough of Brusdar Graterol’s 99 mph fastball to send it out of Globe Life Field.

The Dodgers and Padres have butted heads this year over home-plate collisions and colossal homers. Bat flips and heated words now come with the territory. But Game 2 of the National League Division Series introduced a few new elements to this NL West showdown: cap flips and … kisses? The

Padres right-hander Mike Clevinger was removed from the team's National League Division Series roster on Wednesday as he continues to deal with the effects of a right elbow impingement.

Dodgers hitters, fond of their bandbox Dodger Stadium home, are finding that hitting balls out of Globe Life Field in Arlington is a challenge, even for the best home run-hitting team in the Majors. Balls hit in their 5-1 win in Game 1 of the National League Division Series on

Last week, in Game 2 of the Dodgers-Brewers National League Wild Card Series, Clayton Kershaw put up one of his best postseason performances -- one of the best, really, in Dodgers history. Kershaw carved up the Brewers offense, striking out 13 over eight scoreless innings while walking only one and

The Padres got their ace back on Tuesday night, but only for one inning. The question now is whether Mike Clevinger will take the ball again for the Padres this postseason. Pitching for the first time in 13 days, Clevinger exited the Padres’ 5-1 loss to the Dodgers in Game

Among many other things, 2020 is also the year of the postseason big league debut.

The Padres -- with two ailing aces and two other starters yet to complete three innings -- have asked for an awful lot from their bullpen this postseason. On Tuesday night, they finally asked a bit too much.

Their Home Run Derby lineup makes headlines, but the Dodgers wouldn’t be the top seed if they couldn’t also grind out wins as they did in Tuesday night’s opener of the National League Division Series, a 5-1 victory that reminded the Padres which team has eight consecutive division titles.

Mike Clevinger is back, and the Padres are wasting no time shuffling their ace back into the deck. He will start Game 1 of the National League Division Series against the Dodgers on Tuesday night at Globe Life Field in Arlington. Clevinger, who hasn't pitched in 13 days because of

Infielder Edwin Ríos was left off the Dodgers’ roster for the National League Division Series on Tuesday because he suffered a previously undisclosed left groin strain, according to manager Dave Roberts. Also omitted after being included on the NL Wild Card Series roster was third catcher Keibert Ruiz. Added to

The Dodgers were 6-4 against San Diego this year, meaning the upstart Padres played them about as tough as anybody. Ironically, one of the Padres’ wins was one of the most important games of the season for the Dodgers. It was Sept. 14 when Trent Grisham slugged a home run

Three games in three days was enough of a challenge for a beleaguered Padres pitching staff. Now, they face the daunting prospect of five in five. For the first time since the Division Series was introduced 25 years ago, no off-days are included this year. With games held at neutral

When the Padres traded veteran starter James Shields for 17-year-old shortstop prospect Fernando Tatis Jr. on June 4, 2016, it was hard for Wil Myers to get too excited. Myers, only 25 years old at the time, admitted to thinking, “I’m not even going to see this guy.” But Myers

A day before Game 1 of the National League Division Series, the Padres still aren't certain whether they’ll have their two best starting pitchers available to face the Dodgers. They're planning to take those decisions "to the wire," manager Jayce Tingler said.

There have been back-and-forth games and bat flips, clashes on the field and collisions at the plate. They traded wins, and occasionally words, 10 times over the past two months. Every time they met, even inside empty ballparks in late-summer Southern California, it felt like a postseason preview. On Tuesday,

Dodgers pitcher Walker Buehler and his blister held a Zoom call with reporters on the eve of his Tuesday start against the Padres in Game 1 of the National League Division Series at Globe Life Field in Arlington. “It’s good. Same as it has been,” Buehler said of the blistered