The Los Angeles Dodgers have their long-awaited crown. With a 3-1 victory in Game 6 of the World Series, the Dodgers -- who stormed through a shortened regular-season schedule with a .717 winning percentage (43-17) -- claimed their first title since 1988, an ending that had evaded them in their

SAN DIEGO -- They didn't have their two aces. They used 26 pitchers to cover 27 innings. They fell behind by four runs when facing elimination. No matter, the 2020 Padres persevere. It's what they do. On Friday, they persevered straight into the National League Division Series. From Craig Stammen's

The Cardinals’ bats made noise in the first two games of the National League Wild Card Series against the Padres this week, but in the game in which the offense mattered most, it was nowhere to be found. Defensive mistakes late in the game led to the Cardinals’ 4-0 loss

SAN DIEGO -- On Thursday, he did it with his bat. (Then he tossed that bat aside.) But Fernando Tatis Jr. is so much more than just his bat. In the Padres' 4-0 win over the Cardinals in Game 3 of the National League Wild Card Series, Tatis put his

With about a week to go in the regular season, Cardinals manager Mike Shildt and his coaching staff decided they needed to find a way to bring the team together a bit more after the way COVID-19 protocols had limited interaction between people at the ballpark. With mask-wearing and social-distancing

SAN DIEGO -- The sport isn't changing. It already has changed. That was the takeaway from the response to Fernando Tatis Jr.'s authoritative bat flip Thursday night, which put an exclamation point on the Padres' comeback victory over the Cardinals in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series.

The Cardinals and Padres played a back-and-forth 20-run thriller on Thursday night at Petco Park. It was one for the record books. It was not one for the bullpens. Now, the two teams are staring down the prospect of a winner-take-all Game 3 on Friday with question marks surrounding both

Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig are perhaps the most famous dynamic duo in baseball history. On Thursday night, the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr. and Wil Myers joined the Yankees legends in an exclusive club -- on the 88th anniversary of one of the most hotly debated events the sport has

SAN DIEGO -- Fernando Tatis Jr. and Manny Machado brought their otherworldly power -- and their otherworldly flair and gravity-challenging bat flips -- to the postseason stage. With the Padres in dire need of a spark in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series on Thursday evening, they

The Cardinals were well aware of what the Padres’ momentum swings could do before their National League Wild Card Series started. That’s why the strategy was to go on the offensive early, throw their best pitching at the Padres’ homer-happy lineup and hope that would take the momentum out of

The smirk on Adam Wainwright’s face said it all. The veteran Cardinals pitcher returned to the rubber after striking out Fernando Tatis Jr. on a foul tip in the third inning with a grin and a slight shake of the head.

SAN DIEGO -- The high-flying, tater-mashing, bat-flipping Padres have finally arrived in the postseason. And not a moment too soon. Staring down elimination in Game 2 of the National League Wild Card Series, the Padres slugged their way back from a four-run deficit on Thursday to even the series with

Yadier Molina pulled on his catcher’s gear for Game 2 of the Cardinals’ National League Wild Card Series against the Padres on Thursday afternoon having reached another milestone in an already accomplished career. Thursday marked the veteran catcher’s 100th career postseason game. He’s played all of them with the Cardinals,

SAN DIEGO -- Fourteen years ago, the Padres’ last trip to the postseason came to an abrupt end with Adam Wainwright on the mound for St. Louis. On Thursday, they have a chance for revenge -- or else they’ll be headed home again. • Wild Card Series presented by Hankook

SAN DIEGO -- When Manny Machado signed his record-setting 10-year contract with the Padres in 2019, he envisioned postseason baseball in San Diego, and it came soon enough. Just not the way he expected.

SAN DIEGO -- On a pitching staff overflowing with high-octane arms, Zach Davies -- with his sub-90 mph fastball and a changeup that drops off the table -- has been arguably the Padres' steadiest pitcher this season. And boy, could the Padres use a bit of steadiness in their rotation

Entering their National League Wild Card Series against the Padres, all questions this week were on the Cardinals’ offense and how it would overcome its struggle to produce consistently in the regular season. St. Louis provided some answers to those questions right out of the gate on Wednesday.

There aren’t many surprises on the Cardinals’ National League Wild Card Series roster, revealed Wednesday before Game 1 against the Padres in San Diego. Only two swaps were made from the 28-man roster the Cardinals ended the season with: Right-handers Jake Woodford and Seth Elledge are off, and catcher Andrew

In the history of the Cardinals’ organization, there had only been two 21-year-old players to bat cleanup in a postseason game before Dylan Carlson hit there on Wednesday. You might have heard of the other two: Stan Musial (1942) and Albert Pujols (2001). Carlson has had most of his experience

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres unveiled their National League Wild Card Series roster on Wednesday morning, with two big names noticeably absent: Dinelson Lamet and Mike Clevinger. The two right-handers were meant to sit at the front of the San Diego rotation in the postseason. Instead, both suffered injuries in

The Padres are set to begin their first postseason in 14 years the same way they ended the last one -- by facing the Cardinals. With a dramatic final-day clinch, St. Louis locked up the No. 5 seed on Sunday, ensuring a best-of-three National League Wild Card Series between the

SAN DIEGO -- The Padres are keeping their rotation options open. Both Dinelson Lamet and Mike Clevinger threw on Monday at Petco Park, playing what sources called "aggressive catch," though neither threw a bullpen session. • NL Wild Card Series presented by Hankook Tire, Game 1: 2 p.m. PT on

The Padres were maybe the most exciting team to watch in baseball this season, and Slam Diego is ready for the playoffs. The Cardinals had to fight their way in on the last day of the regular season, but they've been here before -- this St. Louis team looks a

SAN DIEGO – For the first time in 14 seasons, the Padres are playoff bound. The next wait won't last nearly so long. They’re intent on making October baseball a habit in San Diego. At the core of it, that fact is what makes the 2020 Padres such a delight.

SAN DIEGO -- In July, Chris Paddack was the Padres' Opening Day starter and their presumed ace. A week ago, he was on the postseason roster bubble. Now, with San Diego mere hours from its first postseason game since 2006, it's Paddack who will take the ball for Game 1